Gospel of August 19, 2018

Book of Proverbs 9,1-6.
La Sapienza built the house, carved its seven columns.
He killed the animals, prepared the wine and laid the table.
He sent his maids to proclaim on the highest points of the city:
Those who are inexperienced will rush here !. To those who are senseless it says:
Come, eat my bread, drink the wine that I have prepared.
Leave foolishness and you will live, go straight on the path of intelligence ”.

Salmi 34(33),2-3.10-11.12-13.14-15.
I will bless the Lord at all times,
his praise always on my mouth.
I glory in the Lord,
listen to the humble and rejoice.

Fear the Lord, his saints,
nothing is missing from those who fear him.
The rich are impoverished and hungry,
but whoever seeks the Lord lacks nothing.

Come, children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
There is someone who wants life
and long long days to taste the good?

Preserve the tongue from evil,
lips from lying words.
Stay away from evil and do good,
seek peace and pursue it.

Letter of Saint Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians 5,15: 20-XNUMX.
Therefore watch carefully over your conduct, behaving not as fools, but as wise men;
taking advantage of the present time, because the days are bad.
So do not be inconsiderate, but know how to understand the will of God.
And don't get drunk on wine, which leads to wildness, but be full of the Spirit,
entertaining each other with psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing and praising the Lord with all your heart,
continually giving thanks for everything to God the Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

From the Gospel of Jesus Christ according to John 6,51: 58-XNUMX.
At that time, Jesus said to the crowd of Jews: «I am the living bread, come down from heaven. If anyone eats this bread he will live forever and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world ».
Then the Jews began to argue among themselves: "How can he give us his meat to eat?".
Jesus said: "Verily, verily, I say to you, if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you will not have life in you.
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life and I will raise him up on the last day.
Because my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me and I in him.
Just as the Father who has life sent me and I live for the Father, so whoever eats me will live for me.
This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like what your fathers ate and died. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. "