EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY B Lectionary #113
Everybody complains about the food and about not getting enough of the good stuff, whether they’re in the desert with Moses or on the seashore with Jesus. Instead of complaining, we should think about where the bread comes from and give thanks to the giver of all good gifts.
Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15. God provides bread and meat for the grumbling Israelites so that they will not return to the “fleshpots” of Egypt but will fulfill the divine plan.
Psalm of the Day: Ps (77) 78
This very long song, from which we sing a few excerpts today, recounts highlights of Israel’s history from the Exodus to the early years of the monarchy, showing God’s goodness and the repeated failure of the people to “get it”: “In spite of all this they still sinned; they did not believe in God’s wonders” (78:32).
Pan del Cielo (Luna) FYC 220
The Lord Gave Them Bread from Heaven (Alstott/Salo) CBW 164
The Lord Gave Them Bread from Heaven (Currie/Gelineau) WOR 917/RS 105
The Lord Gave Them Bread from Heaven (Diemente) WC B322/PC6 40
The Lord Gave Them Bread from Heaven (Guimont) GC 73/RS 73
The Lord Gave Them Bread from Heaven (Kreutz) WC B320/SMM4 116
The Lord Gave Them Bread from Heaven (Stewart) PCY5 56
Suggested Common Psalm: Ps (33) 34
Taste and See the Goodness of the Lord (see next Sunday)
Ephesians 4:17, 20-24. As noted several times in Ephesians, Christian belief must be expressed in practice. Conversion means changing how you behave as well as how you believe.
John 6:24-35. The first part of John’s commentary on the feeding of the five thousand: Jesus invites the people to “look beyond the bread you eat” and see the divine action and the arrival of the kingdom of God. Jesus identifies himself as the bread of life.
Songs for the Liturgy
A Living Hope (2) GC 613/PMB 284/CBW 613
*All Who Hunger, Gather Gladly (1,Ps,G) RS 845, 926/GC 820/GC2 817
Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Ps) WOR 737/CH 504/PMB 352/WC 703/CBW 426/LMGM 67/GP 12/MI‑BB/RS 914/GC 853/GC2 826/JS 369
Awake, O Sleeper, Rise from Death (2) WOR 586/RS 729/WC 788
Bread of Life (G) GP 37/MI‑BB/CBW 597/JS 535/GC 824/GC2 803
Bread of Life, Saving Cup PMB 310/WC 614
Bread of the World, in Mercy Broken (G) CH 375/JS 484
Bread to Share (1,Ps) RS 927
*Christ Is Our Light (G) JS 485
Come to the Feast (1,Ps,G) RS 642/GC 503/GC2 499/MI‑BB
Draw Near (G) GC2 829/PMB 293/WC 613
Draw Near and Take the Body of Your Lord (G) WOR 732/CH 378/BB/JS 337
*Eat This Bread (1) WOR 734/G 341/GP 65/MI‑BB/LMGM 130/RS 928/GC 838/GC2 806/CBW 602/WC 617
Eternal Lord of Love (2) G 160/RS 554/GC 385/CBW 360/JS 252
Gather Us In (1,G) G 311/WOR 665/CH 624/GP 78/MI‑BB/WC 869/RS 850/GC 744/GC2 743/CBW 587
Gift of Finest Wheat (1,G) WOR 736/GP 80/CH 389/MI‑BB/LMGM 136/PMB 300/WC 629/CBW 603/RS 912/GC 815/GC2 816/JS 483
God Is Here! As We His People (2) RS 844/GC 741/GC2 737/PMB 463/WC 866
*God's Holy Mountain (1,G) PMB 467/WC 871
*I Am the Bread of Life/Yo Soy el Pan de Vida (G) WOR 738/G 337/GP 100/PMB 321/MI‑BB/LMGM 133/WC 622/RS 931/GC 828/GC2 822/JS 736
*I Am the Living Bread (G) MI‑BB/CBW 605/JS 674
I Am the Vine, v 2 (G) PMB 436/WC 830/JS 355/BB
I, the Lord (G) GP 109/GC 860/GC2 671/PMB 406/WC 790
In the Breaking of the Bread/Cuando Partimos de Pan del Señor (1,G) MI‑BB/G 340/PMB 303/WC 624/RS 932/GC 841/GC2 843/JS 533
Jesus, Bread of Life (G) PMB 295/WC 627
Jesus, Come! For We Invite You (2) WOR 564/RS 714
Jesus, the Bread of Life (G) LMGM 141/GP 123/MI‑BB
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (G) WOR 523/CH 377/PMB 306/WC 647/CBW 596/BB/RS 658/GC 540/GC2 542/JS 203
Let the People Praise Thee (2) LMGM 83
*Look Beyond (1,G) G 343/GP 149/MI‑BB/GC 843/GC2 837
Lord, to Whom Shall We Go? (G) G 212/GP 83/JS 641
*May We Be One, v 1 (1) RS 477/GC 316/GC2 322
*O Blessed Savior (1,G) PMB 308/WC 635
O Food of Exiles Lowly (1) WOR 729/CH 380/GC 886
*Our Daily Bread (1,G) MI‑BB/CBW 600/JS 481
*Panis Angelicus (Ps) CH 363/PMB 543/WC 992/MI‑BB
Praise and Thanksgiving (1,G) WOR 682/RS 867/GC 764/GC2 754
Praise the Lord, My Soul (1,2,G) G 220/GC 554
*Priestly People/Pueblo de Reyes, v 14 (1) PMB 383/WC 740/JS 749
*Shepherd of Our Hearts (1,G) GC 829/GC2 624
*Shepherd of Souls, in Love, v 5 (1,G) PMB 307/WC 643
*Shepherd of Souls, Refresh and Bless (1,G) WOR 728/CH 390/MI 422/PMB 296/WC 626/GC 840/GC2 818/JS 480
Shout for Joy, Loud and Strong (2) WOR 540/GC 559
Spirit of God within Me (2) WOR 480/G 190/RS 610/GC 468
Table of Plenty (1,G) JS 744/MI‑BB
The Living Bread of God (G) GC 826/GC2 841
This Holy Covenant Was Made (1,G) RS 621
We Who Once Were Dead (G) G 345/CBW 402
When to the Sacred Font We Came (2) CH 349
You Are Our Living Bread (G) GP 273/MI‑BB/GC 819/JS 781
You Are the Voice (2) RS 659/GC 549/GC2 538/CBW 576
Entrance Antiphon (Sacramentary): Psalm 70: 2, 6
No anthems have been submitted for this Scripture.
Old Testament: Exodus 16: 2-4, 12-15
No anthems have been submitted for this Scripture.
Response: Psalm 78, 3-4, 23-24, 25, 54
No anthems have been submitted for this Scripture.
New Testament: Ephesians 4: 17, 20-24
No anthems have been submitted for this Scripture.
Gospel: John 6: 24-35
| Title of Anthem, Voicing & Instrumentation | Composer/arranger/editor | Publisher & edition # |
| Bread of Heaven (SATB, Organ) | White, David Ashley | Paraclete (PPM 0206) |
| Bread of Life (SATB, Keyboard, Guitar, Flute, Clarinet) | Farrell, Bernadette | OCP (7152CC) |
| Bread of the World (SATB) | Lovelace, Austin C. | Paraclete (PPM 0227) |
| Eat This Bread (SATB, Solo, opt. Keyboard, Flute) | Berthier, Jacques | GIA in ”Music from Taizé” (G-2433) |
| Eat This Bread, Drink This Cup (Unison/2-part, Keyboard) | Young, Jeremy | Augsburg (0800655265) |
| Ego sum panis vivus (SATB) | Byrd, William | Chester (8747) |
| I Am the Bread of Life (SATB, Solo, Keyboard, opt. guitar) | Toolan, Suzanne | GIA (G-2054) |
| Lord, Speak to Me | Richard | SMP |
| O Bread of Life from Heaven (SATB, Organ/Keyboard) | Bach, Johann Sebastian | Augsburg in “Bach for All Seasons” (080065854) |
| O Bread of Life from Heaven/O esca viatorum (SATB, English/Latin) | Heinrich, Isaac | Augsburg in “Chantry Choirbook” (0800657772) |
| O Food to Pilgrims Given (SATB, Organ) | White, David Ashley | Paraclete (PPM 0513) |
| O Sacred and Blessed Feast/O sacrum convivium (SATB, English/Latin) | Fay, Peter | Augsburg in “The Augsburg Choirbook” (0800656784) |
| O Sacrum Convivium (SATB) | Biery, Janes | MorningStar (MSM-50-8311) |
| O Sacrum Convivium (SATB) | Messiaen, Olivier | Durand, S.A. (12.742) |
| O Sacrum Convivium (SAATB) | Tallis, Thomas | Oxford (TCM 74) |
| O Sacrum Convivium (SATB) | Victoria, Tomasso di/ed. Tovey, Donald F. |
Stainer & Bell/Augener (Laudate Pueri, p. 36) |
| Very Bread – Sequence | Currie | GIA |
Communion Antiphon (Sacramentary): Wisdom 16: 20 or John 6: 35
| Bread of Heaven (SATB, Organ) | White, David Ashley | Paraclete (PPM 0206) |
| Cibavit Eos (He Fed Them Also), K. 44 (SATB, Organ/Keyboard, Latin/English) | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Concordia (from Mozart Anthem Book, Vol. I) |
| Gift of Finest Wheat /You Satisfy the Hungry Heart (SATB, Organ) | Westendorf, Omer | World Library Publicatons |
| O Bread of Life from Heaven (SATB, Organ/Keyboard) | Bach, Johann Sebastian | Augsburg in “Bach for All Seasons”(080065854) |
| O Bread of Life from Heaven/O esca viatorum (SATB, English/Latin) | Heinrich, Isaac | Augsburg in “Chantry Choirbook” (0800657772) |
| O Bread of Life from Heaven (2-part mixed, Organ) | White, David Ashley | Augsburg (0800650913) |
| Panis Angelicus (Unison, SA, TB, SATB, Organ/Keyboard) Panis Angelicus (T-solo, SATB, String(s), opt. Harp) |
Franck, César Franck, César/arr. Proulx, Richard |
Various publishers & editions GIA (G-5572) |
| Panis Angelicus (SATB, a cappella) | Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi/Lee, John | GIA (G-2003) |
| Panis Angelicus (SATB, Organ) | Saint-Saëns, Camille | Oxford (Oxford New Anthems, p. 359) |