Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Cycle B

Send us Fan MailSunday, 11 August 2024Sunday, 19th Week in Ordinary Time, Cycle B Antiphons on p 1139 and Readings on p 1141 of the Daily Missal and  p 712 of the Sunday Missal Entrance AntiphonLook to your covenant, O Lord, forget not the life of your poor ones forever. Arise, O God, and defend your cause; do not forget the cries of those who seek you. First Reading: 1 Kings 19:4-8A reading from the First Book of KingsIn those days:  Elijah went a day’s journey into the wilderness,  and came and sat down under a broom tree;  and he asked that he might die, saying,  “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life;  for I am no better than my ancestors.”And he lay down and slept under a broom tree;  and behold, an angel touched him,  and said to him, “Arise and eat.”  And he looked, and behold,  there was at his head  a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water.  And he ate and drank, and lay down again.  And the angel of the Lord came again a second time,  and touched him, and said,  “Arise and eat,  else the journey will be too great for you.”  And he arose, and ate and drank,  and walked in the strength of that food  forty days and forty nights  to Horeb the mount of God.The Word of the Lord Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 34:2-3.4-5.6-7.8-9 (R. 9a)Let us now pray the Responsorial Psalm:R/. Taste and see that the Lord is good!I will bless the Lord at all times; praise of him is always in my mouth. In the Lord my soul shall make its boast; the humble shall hear and be glad.Glorify the Lord with me; together let us praise his name. I sought the Lord, and he answered me; from all my terrors he set me free.Look toward him and be radiant; let your faces not be abashed. This lowly one called; the Lord heard, and rescued him from all his distress.The angel of the Lord is encamped around those who fear him, to rescue them. Taste and see that the Lord is good. Blessed the man who seeks refuge in him.R/. Taste and see that the Lord is good!Second Reading: Ephesians 4:30-5:2A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the EphesiansBrothers and sisters: Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God,  in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.  Let all bitterness and wrath and anger  and clamour and slander  be put away from you, with all malice,  and be kind to one another, tenderhearted,  forgiving one another,  as God in Christ forgave you.Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.  And walk in love,  as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us,  a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.The Word of the LordPlease stand for the GospelAlleluia, alleluia. I am the living bread which came down from heaven, says the Lord; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Alleluia. Gospel: John 6: 41-51A reading from the Holy Gospel according to JohnAt that time:  The Jews murmured at Jesus, because he said,  “I am the bread which came down from heaven.”  They said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph,  whose father and mother we know?  How does he now say,  ‘I have come