First reading
Joshua 24:1–2, 15–18
We will serve the Lord, for he is our God.
Responsorial psalm
Psalm 33(34):2–3, 16–23
R. Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
Second reading
Ephesians 5:21–32
Christ loves the Church, because it is his body.
Gospel acclamation
cf. John 6:63, 68
Your words, Lord, are spirit and life: you have the words of everlasting life.
Gospel
John 6:60–69
Who shall we go to? You are the Holy One of God.
Images from the Word
- Intolerable
- They are life
- Holy One of God
- Choose today
- Its living parts
Liturgical notes
In the readings, the table of God’s Word is spread before the faithful, and the treasures of the Bible are opened to them. Hence, it is preferable that the arrangement of the biblical readings be maintained, for by them the unity of both Testaments and of salvation history is brought out.
—General Instruction of the Roman Missal, §57
During our Sunday Mass, we are fed at both the table of God’s Word and at the table of the Eucharist. Both tables provide us with the Bread of Life. At the table of the Word, we encounter the Christ who calls us to the table of his Eucharist so that we may be living members of his Body in the coming week. Our generation has been blessed by greater exposure to the treasures of the Bible. With this increased familiarity, are we becoming more open to God’s Word?
‘Turn your ear, O Lord, and answer me; save the servant who trusts in you, my God. Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I cry to you all the day long’
—entrance antiphon