Daily Reading for Sunday, July 28th, 2024

Daily Reading for Sunday July 28, 2024

Reading 1, Second Kings 4:42-44
Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 145:10-11, 15-16, 17-18
Gospel, John 6:1-15
Reading 2, Ephesians 4:1-6
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Reading 1, Second Kings 4:42-44

⁴² A man came from Baal-Shalishah, bringing the man of God bread from the first-fruits, twenty barley loaves and fresh grain still in the husk. 'Give it to the company to eat,' Elisha said.

⁴³ But his servant replied, 'How can I serve this to a hundred men?' 'Give it to the company to eat,' he insisted, 'for Yahweh says this, "They will eat and have some left over." '

⁴⁴ He served them; they ate and had some left over, as Yahweh had said.

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 145:10-11, 15-16, 17-18

¹⁰ All your creatures shall thank you, Yahweh, and your faithful shall bless you.

¹¹ They shall speak of the glory of your kingship and tell of your might,

¹⁵ All look to you in hope and you feed them with the food of the season.

¹⁶ And, with generous hand, you satisfy the desires of every living creature.

¹⁷ Upright in all that he does, Yahweh acts only in faithful love.

¹⁸ He is close to all who call upon him, all who call on him from the heart.

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Gospel, John 6:1-15

¹ After this, Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee -- or of Tiberias-

² and a large crowd followed him, impressed by the signs he had done in curing the sick.

³ Jesus climbed the hillside and sat down there with his disciples.

⁴ The time of the Jewish Passover was near.

⁵ Looking up, Jesus saw the crowds approaching and said to Philip, 'Where can we buy some bread for these people to eat?'

⁶ He said this only to put Philip to the test; he himself knew exactly what he was going to do.

⁷ Philip answered, 'Two hundred denarii would not buy enough to give them a little piece each.'

⁸ One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said,

⁹ 'Here is a small boy with five barley loaves and two fish; but what is that among so many?'

¹⁰ Jesus said to them, 'Make the people sit down.' There was plenty of grass there, and as many as five thousand men sat down.

¹¹ Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were sitting there; he then did the same with the fish, distributing as much as they wanted.

¹² When they had eaten enough he said to the disciples, 'Pick up the pieces left over, so that nothing is wasted.'

¹³ So they picked them up and filled twelve large baskets with scraps left over from the meal of five barley loaves.

¹⁴ Seeing the sign that he had done, the people said, 'This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world.'

¹⁵ Jesus, as he realised they were about to come and take him by force and make him king, fled back to the hills alone.

Reading 2, Ephesians 4:1-6

¹ I, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you therefore to lead a life worthy of the vocation to which you were called.

² With all humility and gentleness, and with patience, support each other in love.

³ Take every care to preserve the unity of the Spirit by the peace that binds you together.

⁴ There is one Body, one Spirit, just as one hope is the goal of your calling by God.

⁵ There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

⁶ and one God and Father of all, over all, through all and within all.

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