Sunday, August 11, 2024

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19th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Life For The World (B) 116

Questions

Adults: When has the bread of life given you the strength you needed to face a difficult situation in your life?

Children: What will you ask Jesus to help you with when you receive Holy Communion this week?

Key Passage

Jesus said, "I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh." (John 6:51)

Readings

First Reading • Elijah's Flight To Horeb

1 Kings 19:4-8 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)

Psalm

Psalms 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)

Second Reading • Vices To Be Avoided

Ephesians 4:30—5:2 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)

Gospel • Discourse On The Bread Of Life, Continued

John 6:41-51 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)