Catholic Missal of the day: Sunday, August 19 2018

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Book of Proverbs

9,1-6.

]Wisdom has built her house, she has set up her seven columns;
]She has dressed her meat, mixed her wine, yes, she has spread her table.
]She has sent out her maidens; she calls from the heights out over the city:
]"Let whoever is simple turn in here; to him who lacks understanding, I say,
]Come, eat of my food, and drink of the wine I have mixed!
]Forsake foolishness that you may live; advance in the way of understanding."

Psalm

Psalms

34(33),2-3.4-5.6-7.

]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 me and be glad.
]Glorify 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.
]Look to him that you may be radiant with joy,
and your faces may not blush with shame.
]When the poor one called out, the LORD heard,
and from all his distress he saved him.

2. Reading

Letter to the Ephesians

5,15-20.

]Brothers and sisters: Watch carefully then how you live, not as foolish persons but as wise,
]making the most of the opportunity, because the days are evil.
]Therefore, do not continue in ignorance, but try to understand what is the will of the Lord.
]And do not get drunk on wine, in which lies debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,
]addressing one another (in) psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and playing to the Lord in your hearts,
]giving thanks always and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint 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."
]The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us (his) flesh to eat?"
]Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you.
]Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day.
]For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.
]Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him.
]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.
]This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever."

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St. John Eudes(Priest (1601-1680))

SAINT JOHN EUDESPriest(1601-1680) St. John Eudes was born in a village commonly known as Ri, in the diocese of Seez, France. After his first Holy Communion, he made a vow of perpetual chastity. At school, he was highly proficient and remarkably pious. He was devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary throughout his entire life. John enrolled at the Congregation of the Oratory founded by Cardinal de Berullé. Later, he was ordained a priest in Paris. After being appointed rector of the Oratorian house in Caen, he withdrew to educate suitable ministers. He founded a congregation of priests and gave it the most holy names of Jesus and Mary. He opened the first seminary in Caen followed by many others. To reunite women of immoral life with Christ, he founded the Institute of Our Lady of Charity; the Congregation of the Good Shepherd of Angers is a branch. Among Fr. John's other works of charity is the Society of the Admirable Heart of the Mother of God. He burned with singular love for the Hearts of Jesus and Mary and was the first to promote their liturgical worship. He also preached the Gospel in many villages and cities as a missionary. Weakened by so many labors, he passed away peacefully on the tenth of the Nones of August in 1680.

Oración

Father,
you chose the priest John Eudes
to preach the infinite riches of Christ.
By his teaching and example
help us to know you better
and live faithfully in the light of the gospel.

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