EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY A  Lectionary #112
God gives us what we need and, sometimes, more than we have any right to expect.

Isaiah 55:1-3. The time of the messiah will be a time when the poor have enough to eat and drink as a sign that God has fulfilled the covenant with David.

Psalm of the Day:  Ps (144) 145
The selected verses focus on God's reign and its blessings, especially for the poor and lowly.

Abres tú la Mano (Pérez-Rudisill)  Cantos 83
Abres tú la Mano, Señor (Cortés)  FYC 275
Abres tú la Mano, Señor (García)  FYC 276
The Hand of the Lord Feeds Us (Alstott)   RA p. 112/MI-BB
The Hand of the Lord Feeds Us (Bolduc)    PMB 693/PRM A79/WC 919/WS
The Hand of the Lord Feeds Us (Currie)  GIA G‑2755
The Hand of the Lord Feeds Us (Guimont)   GC2 1008/LPMG 112
The Hand of the Lord Feeds Us (Kelly/Gelineau)  WOR 916/RS 191/LPGG 921
The Hand of the Lord Feeds Us/Abres Tú la Mano, Señor (Schiavone)   SS
The Hand of the Lord Feeds Us (Kreutz) PSC 55
The Hand of the Lord Feeds Us (Schiavone)   JS 999/LP 144
The Hand of the Lord Feeds Us (Smith)  GP 281/MI-BB/SP4 73
The Hand of the Lord Feeds Us (Stewart)  PCY5 52
You Open Wide Your Hand (O'Carroll/Murray)  CBW 163

Suggested Common Psalm:  Ps (144) 145

I Will Praise Your Name For Ever 

Romans 8:35, 37–39. Nothing—nothing!—can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus.

Matthew 14:13–21. The miracle of the loaves and fish serves as a sign that the reign of God is at work in Jesus. Matthew also tells the story with Eucharistic overtones, as a hint that the Eucharist is an anticipation of the heavenly banquet yet to come.

Songs for the Liturgy

A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (2) WC 798/MI‑BB/RS 741/GC 607/GC2 594/JS 709/GP 617/PMB 420/WS
All Are Welcome (1,G)  GC 753/GC2 741/RS 846/WC 861/WS/MI-BB/SS
All Who Hunger (G)  RS 845,926/GC 820/GC2 817/SS
*All You Who Are Thirsty (1)  RS 644/GC 501
Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (G)  WOR 737/GP 12/WC 696/CBW 426/MI‑BB/LMGM 67/RS 914/GC 853/GC2 826/JS 477/GP 419/PMB 352/WS/SS
At the Table of the World (1,G) PMB 301/WC 634/WS
Because the Lord Is My Shepherd (1,G)  JS 725/MI‑BB/GP 627
Bread for the World (1,G)  JS 810/MI‑BB/GC 827/GP 528
Bread of Life B Cooney (G)  GC 824/GP 520/MI-BB
Bread to Share (1,Ps,G)  RS 927
By Your Hand, You Feed Your People (1,Ps,G)   SS
Come and Let Us Drink of That New River (1)  WOR 723/RS 902/GC 807
Come, Taste and See (1,G)  GP 526/JS 818/MI-BB
Come to Me (1)  WC 825, 828/GP 628, 629/MI‑BB/GC 647, 650/GC2 630, 633/RS 763, 769/JS 728, 735/PMB 444, 451/WC 833, 836/WS
*Come to the Feast (1)  RS 642/GC 503/GC2 499, 734/MI-BB
*Come to the Water (1)  GP 706/JS 253, 650/MI‑BB/GC 502/GC2 502, 802/SS
*Come to the Waters (1)  CBW 359
*Come to Us (1)  GC 743/GC2 740/GP 537
Eat This Bread (G)  WOR 734/MI‑BB/LMGM 130/RS 928/GC 838/GC2 806/CBW 602/WC 603/WS/SS
Father, We Thank Thee (1,G)  WOR 558/CBW 528/RS 705/GC 568/GC2 547/WC 607/PMB 316/WS/SS
Gift of Finest Wheat (G)  WOR 736/WC 620/CBW 603/MI‑BB/LMGM 136/RS 912/GC 815/GC2 816/JS 803/GP 525/PMB 300/WS/SS
God Is Our Fortress and Our Rock (2)  WOR 575, 576
*God, Whose Glory Reigns Eternal, v 2 (G)  CBW 475/JS 655
God Will Take Care of You (1,G)  LMGM 183
Here at This Table (G)   JS 807/MI-BB
*I Am the Bread of Life ‑‑ Englert (C)  PMB 321/WC 617/JS 736
*I Am the Bread of Life B Toolan (C)   WOR 738/WC 610/MI‑BB/WC 379/LMGM 133/GC 828/GC2 822/RS 931/WS/SS
*I Am the Living Bread (C)  MI‑BB/CBW 605/JS 822/GP 519
I Have Loved You (1,G)  GP 710/MI‑BB/RS 641/GC 504/GC2 504/JS 649
*If God Is for Us (2)   JS 647/GP 712, 714/MI-BB
In Christ There Is a Table Set for All (G)  RS 916/GC 749
Jesus, Shepherd of Our Souls (G)  WOR 649/GC 725
Jesus, Wine of Peace (1,G)  GC 817/GC2 804
*Let the Hungry Come to Me (1,G)  WC 619
Like a Shepherd (1,G)  GP 708/CBW 490/MI‑BB/GC 325/GC2 332/JS 648
*Litany for the Holy Eucharist (Ps,G)   WC 643
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (G)  WOR 588/MI‑BB/RS 743/GC 622/GC2 613/CBW 625/WC 808/JS 746/GP 640/PMB 431/WS/SS
Lover of Us All (1,G)  GC 633/GP 643
My Shepherd, Lord (1,G)  MI‑BB
My Shepherd Will Supply My Need (1,G)  WOR 606/WC 833/RS 761/JS 732
*Neither Death Nor Life (2)   GC2 605
Now in This Banquet (G)  GC 833/GC2 825/RS 933/CBW 608
Now Thank We All Our God (2)  WOR 560/WC 938/BB/LMGM 208/RS 700/GC 565/GC2 545/CBW 535/JS 636/GP 700/PMB 520/WS/SS
*O Blessed Savior, v 4 (G)  WC 623
*O Living Bread from Heaven (G)   PMB 546/WC 974, 979
O Taste and See (1,G)  LMGM 541/RS 923/GC 835/PMB 146
On This Day of Sharing (G)   SS
Our Daily Bread (G)  CBW 600
*Our God Provides (2)   JS 652
*Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness, v 1 (G)  CBW 582
Ps 34, Taste and See (1,Ps)
Shepherd Me, O God (1,G)  RS 756/GC 31/GC2 23/WC 371/MI‑BB/WS/SS
Shepherd of Souls, in Love Come, Feed Us (G)   PMB 307/WC 631
*Sweet Refreshment (1)   GC2 802/SS
Table of Plenty (G)  JS 793/MI‑BB/GP 530
*Take and Eat This Bread, v 4 (1)  GC 842/GC2 839/SS 748
Take the Bread, Children (G)  RS 925
Taste and See (1,G)   WOR 36/GP 199, 200, 201/WC 383, 384, 640/CBW 413, 668/MI‑BB/LMGM 129/RS 70, 71, 72, 73, 919/GC 47, 814, 837/GC2 34, 827/CBW 610/JS 37, 38, 39, 40/PMB 148/WS/SS
*The Hand of God (Ps,G)   GC2 828
*The Hand of the Lord (Ps,G)   WC 644/WS
The King of Love My Shepherd Is (1,G)  WOR 609/MI‑BB/RS 766/GC 635/GC2 631/WC 798/JS 733/GP 632/PMB 427/WS/SS
The Lord Is My Shepherd (1,G)  WOR 32/WC 370, 372/CBW 606, 607/MI‑BB/LMGM 152, 544/RS 44, 45, 46/GC 30, 32, 33, 643/GC2 24/JS 23, 24, 136/GP 178, 179, 180, 181/PMB 37, 141/WS/SS
The Lord's My Shepherd (1,G)  CBW 488
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy (2)  WOR 595, 596/MI‑BB/RS 742/GC 626/GC2 603/CBW 443/JS 748/WC 650/JS 432/GP 639/PMB 322/WS/SS
*They Came, a Milling Crowd (G)   HG 146
To Be Your Bread (G) GP 506/JS 816/MI-BB
We Come to Your Feast (1,G)  GC 850/GC2 814
We Shall Rise Again (1,G)  RS 872/GC 772/GC2 762
*We Will Extol Your Praise (Ps)  CBW 574
We Will Rise Again (1,G)  JS 714/MI‑BB/GP 603
You Are All We Have (1,Ps,G)  RS 643/GC 505/GC2 508/SS
You Are Mine (1)  GC 649/GC2 627/RS 762/MI‑BB/WC 839/WS/SS
You Are Our Living Bread (G)  GP 523/MI‑BB/GC 819
*You Have Put on Christ B Dean, v 4 (2)   GP 458/JS 547 /MI-BB