19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year: B)
Date: Sunday, August 11th, 2024, 11:00
Old Testament: 2 Sam. 18:5-9,15,31-33
Psalms: Ps. 130
5The king commanded Joab, Abishai and Ittai, "Be gentle with the young man Absalom for my sake." And all the troops heard the king giving orders concerning Absalom to each of the commanders.
6The army marched into the field to fight Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
7There the army of Israel was defeated by David's men, and the casualties that day were great-twenty thousand men.
8The battle spread out over the whole countryside, and the forest claimed more lives that day than the sword.
9Now Absalom happened to meet David's men. He was riding his mule, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom's head got caught in the tree. He was left hanging in midair, while the mule he was riding kept on going.
15And ten of Joab's armor-bearers surrounded Absalom, struck him and killed him.
31Then the Cushite arrived and said, "My lord the king, hear the good news! The LORD has delivered you today from all who rose up against you."
32The king asked the Cushite, "Is the young man Absalom safe?" The Cushite replied, "May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up to harm you be like that young man."
33The king was shaken. He went up to the room over the gateway and wept. As he went, he said: "O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you-O Absalom, my son, my son!"
2 Samuel 18:5-9,15,31-33 (NIV)
Epistle: Eph. 4:25-5:2
1Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD;
2O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.
3If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?
4But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared.
5I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope.
6My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.
7O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption.
8He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins.
Psalms 130 (NIV)
Gospel: John 6:35,41-51
Ephesians 4:25-5:2 (NIV)
35Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.
41At this the Jews began to grumble about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven."
42They said, "Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, 'I came down from heaven'?"
43"Stop grumbling among yourselves," Jesus answered.
44"No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
45It is written in the Prophets: 'They will all be taught by God.' Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me.
46No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father.
47I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life.
48I am the bread of life.
49Your forefathers ate the manna in the desert, yet they died.
50But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which a man may eat and not die.
51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world."
John 6:35,41-51 (NIV)