19th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

INTRODUCTION

August 11, 2024

Good morning brothers and sisters in Christ.

We are now in the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

The first reading is taken from the First Book of Kings. In this account, the Angel of the Lord appeared to Elijah and gave him food and water and journeyed towards Horeb.

The second reading is taken from the Letter of Paul to the Ephesians. St. Paul told them not to grieve the Holy Spirit of God and to be imitators of God.

The gospel is taken from the Holy Gospel according to John. In this account, Jesus reveals himself to the Jews as the bread of life.

Let us all stand to begin the Eucharistic celebration.

Responsorial Psalm:

Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

Prayer of the Faithful:

Jesus, Bread of Life, hear us.

FIRST READING

1Kings 19:4-8

Strengthened by that food, he walked to the mountain of God.

A reading from the first Book of Kings

Elijah went a day's journey into the desert, until he came to a broom tree and sat beneath it.

He prayed for death, saying:

"This is enough, O LORD!

Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers."

He lay down and fell asleep under the broom tree, but then an angel touched him andfromered him to get up and eat.

Elijah looked and there at his head was a hearth cake and a jug of water.

After he ate and drank, he lay down again, but the angel of the LORD came back a second time, touched him, and ordered,

"Get up and eat, else the journey will be too long for you!"

He got up, ate, and drank;

then strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights to the mountain of God, Horeb.

The word of the Lord.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM

Ps 34:2 6-7,8-9

R. (9a) Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

I will bless the LORD at all times;

his praise shall be ever in my mouth.

Let my soul glory in the LORD;

the lowly will hear and be glad.

R.) Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

Glofrom the LORD with me,

let us together extol his name.

I sought the LORD, and he answered me

and delivered me from all my fears.

R.) Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

Look to him that you may be radiant with joy,

and your faces may not blush with shame.

When the afflicted man called out, the LORD heard,

and from all his distress he saved him.

R.) Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

The angel of the LORD encamps

around those who fear him and delivers them.

Taste and see how good the LORD is;

blessed the man who takes refuge in him.

R.) Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

SECOND READING

Eph. 4:30-5:2

Walk in ove, just like Christ.

A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Ephesians

Brothers and sisters:

Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God,

with which you were sesaid, Thethe day of redemption.

All bitterness, fury, anger, shouting, and reviling must be removed from you, along with all malice.

And be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another as God has forgiven you in Christ.

So be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us and handed himself over for us as a sacrificial offering to God for a fragrant aroma.

The word of the Lord

ALLELUIA Jn 6:51

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. 

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

the Lord;

whoever eats this bread will live forever.

GOSPEL

Jn. 6:41-51

I am the living bread that came down from heaven.

✠ A reading from the holy Gospel according to John

The Jews murmured about Jesus because he said,

"I am the bread that came down from heaven,"

and they said,

"Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph?

Do we not know his father and mother? Then how can he say,

'I have come down from heaven'?"

Jesus answered and said to them,

"Stop murmuring among yourselves.

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him,

and I will raise him on the last day.

It is written in the prophets:

They shall all be taught by God.

Everyone who listens to my Father and learns from him comes to me.

Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God;

he has seen the Father.

Amen, amen, I say to you,

who ever believes has eternal life.

The Gospel of the Lord.

PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL

August 11, 2024

Priest: Trusting in the grace of the Father who sent His Son to give us eternal food, let us lift our intentions to Him and with confidence and joyful hope, we pray:

JESUS, BREAD OF LIFE, HEAR US.

1. May the Holy Father, Archbishop Romulo, the clergy and religious men and women be nourished with the true Bread from heaven to continually and joyfully proclaim the Good News to the faithful. Let pray to the Lord.

2. May the civil leaders encounter the Living Bread for them to be instruments of His justice, peace and harmony among members and the people they govern. Let us pray to the Lord.

3. May the poor, unemployed, and the people deprived from freedom in the society be filled with spiritual food, justice and peace. Let us pray to the Lord.

4. May the sick, the elderly and the brokenhearted, like Elijah, hear the voice of the Lord and find in Him the inspiration and determination and the will to get up for the greater glory of God. Let us pray to the Lord.

5. May the faithful who have offered their gratitude and praises to the Lord especially

_________ be cleansed and strengthened in the Eucharist. Let us pray to the Lord.

6. May the faithful departed especially, _________forgiven by the Lord and welcome them into His Kingdom. Let us pray to the Lord.

7. In silence, we pray for our personal and families intention.

Priest: Lord God, thank you for continually being with us despite our failures and infidelities. May we express our sincere recognition of your love for us by being kind to one another, compassionate and forgiving. We ask this through Christ, the Bread of Life. Amen