Consideracion
‘Do this in remembrance of Me’.
With these words, Jesus invites us
to break bread and share the cup with one another.
Today, with deep gratitude,
we celebrate the sacrament that nourishes and strengthens our faith.
We are grateful for the Eucharist,
which unites us and makes us a community.
We are grateful for the presence
of the living Lord in our midst.
We are grateful for God’s love to the very end.
Let us, at this hour, praise and thank God
for the great gift of the Eucharist.
FIRST READING Deut. 8, 2-3, 14b-16a
He gave you food that neither you nor your fathers had ever seen.
From the Book of Deuteronomy
In those days Moses spoke to the people:
“Remember the whole journey of forty years,
which the Lord your God led you on in the wilderness.
“He humbled you and tested you
to know what was in your heart;
to see whether you would keep his commandments or not.
“He humbled you and let you go hungry,
yet he gave you manna to eat,
which neither you nor your fathers had ever seen before.
“He did this to make you realise
that man does not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
“Remember the Lord your God,
who brought you out of Egypt,
that land of slavery;
the Lord
who led you through that vast and dreadful wilderness,
full of venomous snakes and scorpions,
through that parched land without water;
who brought water for you out of the hardest rock;
who gave you manna to eat in the wilderness,
which your fathers had never seen”
Responsorial Ps . 147 B (147), 12-13, 14-15, 19-20
Refrain
Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem,
Zion, glorify your God!
For He has firmly secured your gates,
He has blessed your children within you.
He lets you dwell in your land in peace
and feeds you with the finest wheat.
He sends His command across the earth,
and His word runs swiftly.
It is He who sent His word to Jacob,
His law and commandments to Israel.
Never has He treated any other people thus;
He has not made His ways known to any other.
SECOND READING 1 Cor. 10:16-17
One bread, one body, though we are many.
From the first letter of Saint Paul the Apostle to the Christians
of Corinth
Brothers and sisters,
Does not the cup of blessing which we bless
signify communion with the blood of Christ?
Does not the bread which we break
signify communion with the body of Christ?
Because there is one loaf,
we are all one body,
for we all partake of the one loaf.
Gospel Acclamation John 6, 51-52
Alleluia.
I am the living bread
which has come down from heaven.
If anyone eats of this bread,
he shall live for ever.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL John 6, 51-58
My flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.
From the Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to
John
At that time, Jesus said to the crowd of Jews:
“I am the living bread that has come down from heaven.
“Whoever eats this bread will live for ever.
“The bread that I will give is my flesh,
for the life of the world.”
The Jews began to argue amongst themselves about this,
and said:
“How can He give us His flesh to eat?”
Jesus then 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 within you.
“Whoever eats 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 eats my flesh and drinks my blood,
abides in me and I in him.
“Just as I have been sent by the Father who lives,
and live through the Father,
so also he who eats Me will live through Me.
“This is the bread that has come down from heaven.
“It is not as with the fathers who ate the manna
and yet died;
whoever eats this bread will live for ever.”
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Laudato Si
Encyclical of
Pope Francis
On Care for Our Common Home
136. On the other hand, it is disturbing to see that some
ecological movements defend the integrity of the environment and rightly
demand limits be placed on scientific research, whilst at times
they do not apply the same principles to human life. Often, one justifies the crossing
of all boundaries when experimenting on living human embryos.
People forget that the inalienable value of a human being extends far beyond the
stage of his or her development. Likewise, technology will ultimately regard any
practice as legitimate if it fails to recognise the great ethical principles.
As we have seen in this chapter, technology,
when separated from ethics, will find it difficult to limit its own power.
To be continued
Every day at 7 am
The Bible text in this edition is taken from The New Bible Translation,
© Dutch Bible Society 2004/2007.
Reflections from Liturgical Suggestions for Weekdays.
Official translation in English