Twentieth Sundayin Ordinary Time
Year B
18th August 2024 (Sunday)
Psalter:Week 4
Reading of the Day
| First Reading | Proverbs 9:1-6 |
| Response | Taste and see that the Lord is good |
| Second Reading | Ephesians 5:15-20 |
| Gospel | John 6:51-58 |
First Reading
Proverbs 9:1-6
Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars. She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table. She has sent out her young women to call from the highest places in the town, “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” To him who lacks sense she says, “Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed. Leave your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight.”
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 34: 2-3, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15 (R. 9a)
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. R/.
Fear the Lord, you his holy ones.
They lack nothing, those who fear him.
The rich suffer want and go hungry
but those who seek the Lord lack no blessing. R/.
Come, children, and hear me,
that I may teach you the fear of the Lord.
who is it that desires life
and longs to see prosperous days? R/.
Guard you tongue from evil,
and your lips from speaking deceit.
Turn aside from evil and do good.
Seek after peace, and pursue it. R/.
Second Reading
Ephesians 5:15-20
Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Gospel Acclamation
John 6:56
V/. Alleluia
R/. Alleluia
V/. He who feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me and I in him, says the Lord
R/.Alleluia.
Gospel
John 6:51-58
At that time: Jesus said to the crowds, “I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”
