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Lectionary Theme: Holy Qurbana: The food for eternal life Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
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Exodus 16:11-32 First Lesson
11. The Lord spoke to Moses and said,
12. “I have heard the complaining of the Israelites; say to them, ‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall have your fill of bread; then you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’”
13. In the evening quails came up and covered the camp; and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.
14. When the layer of dew lifted, there on the surface of the wilderness was a fine flaky substance, as fine as frost on the ground.
15. When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat.
16. This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Gather as much of it as each of you needs, an omer to a person according to the number of persons, all providing for those in their own tents.’”
17. The Israelites did so, some gathering more, some less.
18. But when they measured it with an omer, those who gathered much had nothing over, and those who gathered little had no shortage; they gathered as much as each of them needed.
19. And Moses said to them, “Let no one leave any of it over until morning.”
20. But they did not listen to Moses; some left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and became foul. And Moses was angry with them.
21. Morning by morning they gathered it, as much as each needed; but when the sun grew hot, it melted.
22. On the sixth day they gathered twice as much food, two omers apiece. When all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses,
23. he said to them, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Tomorrow is a day of solemn rest, a holy sabbath to the Lord; bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil, and all that is left over put aside to be kept until morning.’”
24. So they put it aside until morning, as Moses commanded them; and it did not become foul, and there were no worms in it.
25. Moses said, “Eat it today, for today is a sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the field.
26. Six days you shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is a sabbath, there will be none.”
27. On the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, and they found none.
28. The Lord said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and instructions?
29. See! The Lord has given you the sabbath, therefore on the sixth day he gives you food for two days; each of you stay where you are; do not leave your place on the seventh day.”
30. So the people rested on the seventh day.
31. The house of Israel called it manna; it was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
32. Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Let an omer of it be kept throughout your generations, in order that they may see the food with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”
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1 Corinthians 10:14-22 Second Lesson
14. Therefore, my dear friends, flee from the worship of idols.
15. I speak as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say.
16. The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ?
17. Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.
18. Consider the people of Israel; are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar?
19. What do I imply then? That food sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
20. No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons.
21. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.
22. Or are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? Do All to the Glory of God
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1 Corinthians 11:23-30 Epistle
23. For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread,
24. and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
25. In the same way he took the cup also, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
26. For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. Partaking of the Supper Unworthily
27. Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be answerable for the body and blood of the Lord.
28. Examine yourselves, and only then eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
29. For all who eat and drink without discerning the body, eat and drink judgment against themselves.
30. For this reason many of you are weak and ill, and some have died.
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John 6:47-58 Gospel
47. Very truly, I tell you, whoever believes has eternal life.
48. I am the bread of life.
49. Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
50. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die.
51. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
52. The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
53. So Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
54. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day;
55. for my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.
56. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them.
57. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me.
58. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever.”