Weekly Mass Discussion Thread #49

!catholics !christians Happy Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time!

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First Reading

Elijah went a day's journey into the desert,

until he came to a broom tree and sat beneath it.

He prayed for death saying:

"This is enough, O LORD!

Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers."

He lay down and fell asleep under the broom tree,

but then an angel touched him and ordered him to get up and eat.

Elijah looked and there at his head was a hearth cake

and a jug of water.

After he ate and drank, he lay down again,

but the angel of the LORD came back a second time,

touched him, and ordered,

"Get up and eat, else the journey will be too long for you!"

He got up, ate, and drank;

then strengthened by that food,

he walked forty days and forty nights to the mountain of God, Horeb.

-1 Kings 19:4-8

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Responsorial Psalm

R. (9a) Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

I will bless the LORD at all times;

his praise shall be ever in my mouth.

Let my soul glory in the LORD;

the lowly will hear me and be glad.

R. Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

Glorify the LORD with me,

Let us together extol his name.

I sought the LORD, and he answered me

And delivered me from all my fears.

R. Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

Look to him that you may be radiant with joy.

And your faces may not blush with shame.

When the afflicted man called out, the LORD heard,

And from all his distress he saved him.

R. Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

The angel of the LORD encamps

around those who fear him and delivers them.

Taste and see how good the LORD is;

blessed the man who takes refuge in him.

R. Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

-Psalms 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9

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Second Reading

Brothers and sisters:

Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God,

with which you were sealed for the day of redemption.

All bitterness, fury, anger, shouting, and reviling

must be removed from you, along with all malice.

And be kind to one another, compassionate,

forgiving one another as God has forgiven you in Christ.

So be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love,

as Christ loved us and handed himself over for us

as a sacrificial offering to God for a fragrant aroma.

-Ephesians 4:30-5:2

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Alleluia

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

I am the living bread that came down from heaven, says the Lord;

whoever eats this bread will live forever.

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

-John 6:51

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Gospel

The Jews murmured about Jesus because he said,

"I am the bread that came down from heaven, "

and they said,

"Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph?

Do we not know his father and mother?

Then how can he say,

'I have come down from heaven'?"

Jesus answered and said to them,

"Stop murmuring among yourselves.

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him,

and I will raise him on the last day.

It is written in the prophets:

They shall all be taught by God.

Everyone who listens to my Father and learns from him comes to me.

Not that anyone has seen the Father

except the one who is from God;

he has seen the Father.

Amen, amen, I say to you,

whoever believes has eternal life.

I am the bread of life.

Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died;

this is the bread that comes down from heaven

so that one may eat it and not die.

I am the living bread that came down from heaven;

whoever eats this bread will live forever;

and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world."

-John 6:41-51

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We are now on the third week of the Bread of Life saga. The first reading is a mighty demonstration of God's power, as He can turn even the greatest " :marseyitsover: " into a " :marseywereback: ." In the Gospel I find it interesting that Jesus says no one has seen the Father except him. I wonder if that means in the workings of Heaven, the Father only directly interacts with the Son who in turns interacts with the angels?

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babybeluga mary/joseph

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3mo ago #6845589

All I read was his praise is in my mouth

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lain gnu/bsd and you don't seem to understand :marseypomni2:

3mo ago #6845716

!christians

Does anyone know how to use pro-presenter well? I'm in charge of pro-presenter and I know only the basics.

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ChristmasEnjoyer tis/the/season :marseygiftboxmarseyhug:

lain 3mo ago #6847406

I don't remember what we used but it should be easy to get the hang of just make sure you're early enough for a trial run

:#marseyviewerstaretalking:

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xaGravyFan Stray/Marsey :marseyturkeyhappy:

3mo ago #6847252

I feel like mass is the quantitative measure of inertia. It's pretty fundamental to all matter. :marseyreading:

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HollyJollyJihad Hazzard/County :marseysteaming:

3mo ago #6845637

Sunday Funday with consubstantiation

:marseyvenn5: :marseyvenn4: :marseyvenn2: :!marseyopera:

John 10:30-38

John 14:9

John 14:1-4

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BibleBot beep/boop HollyJollyJihad 3mo ago #6845654

I and the Father are one." Therefore Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?" The Jews answered him, "We don't stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy: because you, being a man, make yourself God." Jesus answered them, "Isn't it written in your law, 'I said, you are gods?' If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture can't be broken), Do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You blaspheme,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God?' If I don't do the works of my Father, don't believe me. But if I do them, though you don't believe me, believe the works; that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."

Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, 'Show us the Father?'

"Don't let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions. If it weren't so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you. If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also. Where I go, you know, and you know the way."

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BibleBot 3mo ago #6845671

Meant to write John 15:1-4

BibleBot beep/boop HollyJollyJihad 3mo ago #6845673

John 15:1-4

"I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. Every branch in me that doesn't bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can't bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.

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3mo ago #6845584

@Aevann @carpathianflorist pin please

morespikes they/them 3mo ago #6847926

neat, good work

Bread of Life saga also has some of the best hymns, hope you all are blessed with excellent church choirs

haggis mar/sea 3mo ago #6847744

When I saw "mass discussion" I was hoping for a /h/fatpeoplehate circlejerk

:#fatpriesttalking:

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Budgerigar drinky/budgie :parrotcongaparty:

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3mo ago #6847702

Why is it a mass discussion doe

Fr there's like 10 comments

BibleBot beep/boop 3mo ago #6845590

1 Kings 19:4-8

But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough; now, O Tʜᴇ Lᴏʀᴅ, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and, behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat. He looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drink, and laid him down again. The angel of Tʜᴇ Lᴏʀᴅ came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you. He arose, and ate and drink, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the Mount of God.

Psalms 34:2-3

My soul shall boast in Tʜᴇ Lᴏʀᴅ. The humble shall hear of it, and be glad. Oh magnify Tʜᴇ Lᴏʀᴅ with me. Let us exalt his name together.

Ephesians 4:30-5

John 6:51

I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

John 6:41-51

The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, "I am the bread which came down out of heaven." They said, "Isn't this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, 'I have come down out of heaven?'" Therefore Jesus answered them, "Don't murmur among yourselves. No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day. It is written in the prophets, 'They will all be taught by God.' Therefore everyone who hears from the Father, and has learned, comes to me. Not that anyone has seen the Father, except he who is from God. He has seen the Father. Most assuredly, I tell you, he who believes in me has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

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3mo ago #6845581

"Each of you knows that the foundation of our faith is charity. Without it, our religion would crumble. We will never be truly Catholic unless we conform our entire lives to the two commandments that are the essence of the Catholic faith: to love the Lord, our God, with all our strength, and to love our neighbor as ourselves… With charity, we sow the seeds of that true peace which only our faith in Jesus Christ can give us by making us all brothers and sisters. I know that this way is steep, and difficult, and strewn with thorns, while at first glance the other path seems easier, more pleasant, and more satisfying. But the fact is, if we could look into the hearts of those who follow the perverse paths of this world, we would see that they lack the serenity that comes to those who have faced a thousand difficulties and who have renounced material pleasure to follow God's law."-Blessed Piero Giorgio Frassati

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Weekly Mass Discussion Thread #49

First Reading

Responsorial Psalm

Second Reading

Alleluia