Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Also Read: Mass Readings for 11 August 2024 Homily for 11 August 2024 – Sunday
First Reading: First Kings 19: 4-8
Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, “Get up and eat.” He looked, and there at his head was a cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again. (5-6)
He got up, and ate and drank; then he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God. (8)
Elijah the prophet of God was fearful for his life because of Jezebel’s threatening message. He ran into the wilderness by himself, not taking even his servant. There an angel came to his aid. We know that we too encounter God’s angels in our lives. The angels support us spiritually, emotionally, mentally, and maybe also by offering us food! We thank the Lord GOD today for these angels in our lives. The angels help us regain our strength to journey this life and realign our path to the purpose set by GOD.
We Thank The Lord for his angels. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 34: 2-9
I sought the Lord, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. Look to him, and be radiant; so your faces shall never be ashamed. (4-5)
Alleluia, Amen!
Second Reading: Ephesians 4: 30 – 5: 2
30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption. 31 Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, 32 and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you. (30-32)
We grieve the Holy Spirit when we remain in wrath. Due to the wrath burning in us, we allow it to spread fumes of wrangling, bitterness, and so on. Instead when we douse this searing anger with the squirt of forgiveness and mercy, we liberate ourselves! We must remember that the vengeance is the Lord’s. It’s best to leave the judging and accounting to the Lord of Lords. By reminding ourselves of this truth, we can renew our minds.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Gospel: John 6: 41-51
51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” (51)
In the Holy Eucharist, Jesus gives himself to us! God created a very unique mode for us to remain with him as his children, through the life, death, and the resurrection of Jesus Christ His son. Because He lived in the flesh, we have the same flesh to eat. When we partake of the Holy Eucharist we become one with Christ! This great mystery of our faith has to be experienced and cannot be fully explained.
We pray that our faith in the Holy Eucharist may be renewed and that the love of this great sacrament may be deepened among many more people. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
