This Week’s Gospel Message for Sunday, August 19th is from John 6:51-58.
“Jesus said to the crowds: ‘I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world . . . Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me.’”
“[Jesus] freely gives himself to all who accept his invitation to partake in the Eucharist. ‘Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him’ (John 6:56). When we come together on Sunday to celebrate the Eucharist, we gather at two tables: the table of the Word and the table of the Eucharist. In the Word, we are nourished with knowledge, understanding, and wisdom. In the Eucharist, we are nourished with the Lord, uniting us to the one body of Christ. Together, the tables satisfy our hunger for meaning and for life.”
Source: Pastoral Patterns, Autumn 2018
DAILY READINGS FOR THE WEEK
“So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.” Romans 10:17
Monday Ezek 24:15-24; Matt 19:16-22
Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church (Memorial)
Tuesday Ezek 28:1-10; Matt 19:23-30 Saint Pius X, Pope (Memorial)
Wednesday Ezek 34:1-11; Matt 20:1-16 The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Memorial)
Thursday Ezek 36:23-28; Matt 22:1-14
Friday Rev 21:9b-14; John 1:45-51 Saint Bartholomew, Apostle (Feast)
Saturday Ezek 43:1-7ab; Matt 23:1-12