First Reading

1 Kings 19:4-8

4And he continued on, into the desert, for one day’s journey. And when he had arrived, and was sitting under a juniper tree, he requested for his soul that he might die. And he said: “It is enough for me, O Lord. Take my soul. For I am no better than my fathers.” 5And he stretched himself out, and he slept deeply in the shadow of the juniper tree. And behold, an Angel of the Lord touched him, and said to him, “Rise up and eat.” 6He looked, and behold, at his head was bread baked under ashes, and a container of water. Then he ate and drank, and again he slept deeply. 7And the Angel of the Lord returned a second time, and touched him, and said to him: “Rise up, eat. For a great journey again stands before you.” 8And he when he had risen up, he ate and drank. And he walked by the strength of that food for forty days and forty nights, as far as the mountain of God, Horeb.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 33

2I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise will be ever in my mouth. 3In the Lord, my soul will be praised. May the meek listen and rejoice. 4Magnify the Lord with me, and let us extol his name in itself. 5I sought the Lord, and he heeded me, and he carried me away from all my tribulations. 6Approach him and be enlightened, and your faces will not be confounded. 7This poor one cried out, and the Lord heeded him, and he saved him from all his tribulations. 8The Angel of the Lord will encamp around those who fear him, and he will rescue them. 9Taste and see that the Lord is sweet. Blessed is the man who hopes in him.

Second Reading

Ephesians 4:30—5:2

Gospel

John 6:41-51

41Therefore, the Jews murmured about him, because he had said: “I am the living bread, who descended from heaven.” 42And they said: “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? Then how can he say: ‘For I descended from heaven?’” 43And so Jesus responded and said to them: “Do not choose to murmur among yourselves. 44No one is able to come to me, unless the Father, who has sent me, has drawn him. And I will raise him up on the last day. 45It has been written in the Prophets: ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has listened and learned from the Father comes to me. 46Not that anyone has seen the Father, except he who is from God; this one has seen the Father. 47Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me has eternal life. 48I am the bread of life. 49Your fathers ate manna in the desert, and they died. 50This is the bread which descends from heaven, so that if anyone will eat from it, he may not die. 51I am the living bread, who descended from heaven.