Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
We, like Israel and the Galileans, want our this-age wants met, but God/Jesus keep trying to get us to renew our minds and focus on Him, for Jesus is our bread of life in person.
Title
Outline
It is clear that many Christians, let alone the world, are not different from those in the wilderness or those in Galilee
That is clear when it comes to Israel in the wilderness
Jesus builds on this
Now, I do not expect that this surprises you. You are well-formed.
Readings
FIRST READING
Exodus 16:2–4, 12–15
2 Here in the wilderness the whole Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. 3 The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died at the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt, as we sat by our kettles of meat and ate our fill of bread! But you have led us into this wilderness to make this whole assembly die of famine!”
4 Then the LORD said to Moses: I am going to rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather their daily portion; thus will I test them, to see whether they follow my instructions or not.
12 I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them: In the evening twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will have your fill of bread, and then you will know that I, the LORD, am your God.
13 In the evening, quail came up and covered the camp. In the morning there was a layer of dew all about the camp, 14 and when the layer of dew evaporated, fine flakes were on the surface of the wilderness, fine flakes like hoarfrost on the ground. 15 On seeing it, the Israelites asked one another, “What is this?” for they did not know what it was. But Moses told them, “It is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat.
RESPONSE
Psalm 78:24b
24 God rained manna upon them for food;
grain from heaven he gave them.
PSALM
Psalm 78:3–4, 23–25, 54
3 What we have heard and know;
things our ancestors have recounted to us.
4 We do not keep them from our children;
we recount them to the next generation,
The praiseworthy deeds of the LORD and his strength,
the wonders that he performed.
23 So he commanded the clouds above;
and opened the doors of heaven.
24 God rained manna upon them for food;
grain from heaven he gave them.
25 Man ate the bread of the angels;
food he sent in abundance.
54 And he brought them to his holy mountain,
the hill his right hand had won.
SECOND READING
Ephesians 4:17, 20–24
17 So I declare and testify in the Lord that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds;
20 That is not how you learned Christ, 21 assuming that you have heard of him and were taught in him, as truth is in Jesus, 22 that you should put away the old self of your former way of life, corrupted through deceitful desires, 23 and be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24 and put on the new self, created in God’s way in righteousness and holiness of truth.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Matthew 4:4b
4 He said in reply, “It is written:
‘One does not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.’ ”
GOSPEL
John 6:24–35
24 When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into boats and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus. 25 And when they found him across the sea they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?” 26 Jesus answered them and said, “Amen, amen, I say to you, you are looking for me not because you saw signs but because you ate the loaves and were filled. 27 Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him the Father, God, has set his seal.” 28 So they said to him, “What can we do to accomplish the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in the one he sent.” 30 So they said to him, “What sign can you do, that we may see and believe in you? What can you do? 31 Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as it is written:
‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”
32 So Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave the bread from heaven; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34 So they said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.” 35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.
Notes
SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 2021 | ORDINARY TIME
EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
YEAR B | ROMAN MISSAL | LECTIONARY
First Reading Exodus 16:2–4, 12–15
Response Psalm 78:24b
Psalm Psalm 78:3–4, 23–25, 54
Second Reading Ephesians 4:17, 20–24
Gospel Acclamation Matthew 4:4b
Gospel John 6:24–35