TWENTIETH SUNDAY B Lectionary #119
The bread of life is found in Christ, whose “flesh is true food and [whose] blood is true drink.” This may be a good day to focus on the presence of Christ in the sacramental elements of bread and wine. Reflecting on the call to action in the first two readings, it may also be a day to connect Eucharist with faithful living in the rest of life.

Proverbs 9:1-6. Wisdom is presented as the hostess of a great feast offered to all who lack understanding.

Music Suggestions

Choral Anthems

Music Suggestions

Psalm of the Day: Ps (33) 34
See also suggestions for previous Sunday.

O Taste and See (Somerville)   PMB 146, vss 1, 2, 3
O Taste and See (Somerville/Bramma)  CBW 170
Taste and See (Asltott)   BB
Taste and See, vss 1,5,6,7 (Dean)  MI‑BB/RS 72/JS 576/SP1 32/GP 200
Taste and See, vss 1,5,6,7 (Guimont)  RS 71/GC2 917/LPMG 119
Taste and See (Hommerding)   PMB 148, 700/WC 397/WS/PRM B90
Taste and See/Gusten y Vean (Krisman)   SS
Taste and See, vss 1,5,6,7 (Proulx/Gelineau)  WOR 923/RS 73/LPGG 928
Taste and See (Schiavone)    JS 1006/LP 151
The Goodness of the Lord   PSL 150/SS 352

Ephesians 5:15-20. Not only should we try to “understand what is the will of the Lord,” we should put it into practice in all of our life—a goal expressed in our common “psalms and hymns and spiritual songs.”

John 6:51-58. Jesus’ audience seems to take what he says about his flesh quite literally. Jesus responds by seeming to repeat and emphasize what he said, but its expansion in terms of life (“The living Father sent me and I have life . . . so also the one who feeds on me will have life”) suggests that this may be a good occasion to address the sacramental (and not literal) understanding of the Eucharist.

Songs for the Liturgy

All the Earth (2)  WC 895/MI‑BB/JS 446/PMB 484/WS
*All Who Hunger, Gather Gladly (Ps)  RS 845, 926/GC 820/GC2 817/SS
Ave Verum Corpus (G)  WOR 730/RS 908/MI-BB
Baptized in Living Waters, vss 1,2,5 (G)   PMB 386/WC 741/WS
*Behold, O God, and See the Face (E)   IH 57
Bless the Feast (1)  GC 752/GP 532
*Blessed Jesus, Living Bread (G)   HG 133
Bread of Life (G)  GP 498, 520, 522/MI‑BB/CBW 597/JS 819/GC 824/SS
Bread of Life, Saving Cup   WC 614
By Your Hand, You Feed Your People (1,Ps)   SS
Come, Taste and See (1,Ps,G)   JS 818/GP 526/MI-BB
Come to the Banquet (Ps)   SS
Come to the Feast (1,Ps,G)  RS 642/GC 503/GC2 734/JS 795/MI‑BB
Come to Us, Creative Spirit (2)  WOR 566/RS 719/GC 576/CBW 408
Draw Near and Take the Body of Your Lord (G)  WOR 732/BB/WC 613/JS 472/PMB 293/GC2 829/WS
*Eat This Bread (G)  WOR 734/MI‑BB/LMGM 130/RS 928/GC 838/GC2 806/CBW 602/WC 617/WS/SS
Eye Has Not Seen (1)  WC 844/MI‑BB/RS 758/GC 638/GC2 616/CBW 482/WS/SS
Gather Us In (1)  WOR 665/MI‑BB/WC 869/RS 850/GC 744/GC2 743/CBW 587/WS/SS
Gift of Finest Wheat (G)  WOR 736/GP 525/MI‑BB/LMGM 136/WC 629/CBW 603/RS 912/GC 815/GC2 816/JS 803/PMB 300/WS/SS
*Halleluya! We Sing Your Praises (G)  RS 692/GC 562/GC2 529/PMB 482
*Happy Are They Who Dwell (E)   PSL 38/SS
*How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place (E)   SS
*I Am the Bread of Life B Englert (G)   PMB 321/WC 638
*I Am the Bread of Life/Yo Soy el Pan de Vida B Toolan (G)  WOR 738/MI‑BB/LMGM 133/WC 622/RS 931/GC 828/GC2 822/JS 736/WS/SS
*I Am the Living Bread (G)  MI‑BB/CBW 605/JS 822/GP 519
I Received the Living God (G)  WOR 735/LMGM 137/RS 913/GC 851/GC2 809/JS 815/PMB 312/WC 657/WS/SS
In Memory of You (G)  WOR 730/RS 908
*Jesus, Bread of Life, v 1 (G)   PMB 295/WC 627/WS
Jesus Is Here Right Now (G)  LMGM 142
*Jesus, the Bread of Life (G) GP 527/LMGM 141/JS 817/MI-BB
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You, v 4 (2)  WOR 525/WC 905/GP 693/LMGM 197/MI‑BB/RS 669/GC 528/GC2 520/CBW 511/JS 617/PMB 497/WS/SS
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (G)  WOR 523/CBW 596/WC 647/BB/RS 658/GC 540/GC2 542/JS 611/GP 694/PMB 306/SS
Let Everyone Praise! (2)  WC 901
Let the Hungry Come to Me (1,G)  WC 628
Lift Every Voice and Sing (2)  LMGM 291/PMB 487/WC 909/WS
Litany for the Holy Eucharist (1,Ps,G) WC 982
*Look Beyond, v 3 (G)  GP 521/MI‑BB/GC 843/GC2 837
Lover of Us All (2)  GC 633/GP 643
Now in This Banquet (G)  RS 933/GC 833/GC2 825/CBW 608
Now the Feast and Celebration (1)  RS 853/GC 742
O Jesus, Joy of Loving Hearts (G)  WOR 605/RS 759/CBW 654
O Living Bread from Heaven (G)   PMB 546/WC 984, 986
O Lord, with Wondrous Mystery (G)   PMB 309/WC 636
Praise and Thanksgiving, v 3 (1)  WOR 682/RS 867/GC 764/GC2 754/SS
Praise to the Lord! Praise Him! (2)  LMGM 204
Priestly People, v 1 (1)   PMB 383/WC 740/WS
Shepherd of Our Hearts (G)  GC 829
Shepherd of Souls, Refresh and Bless (G)  WOR 728/MI‑BB/WC 626/GC 840/GC2 818/JS 825/GP 501/PMB 296/WS/SS
Sing a New Song (2)  GP 670, 692/MI‑BB/CBW 563/RS 686/GC 537/GC2 544/WC 893/JS 607/WS
Sing a New Song to the Lord (2)   WOR 550/RS 677/GC 521/GC2 541/CBW 566/PMB 493/WC 920/SS
Sing Alleluia, Praise the Lord (2)  WOR 554           
Sing, O Sing (2) GP 689/MI-BB
Sing of the Lord's Goodness (2)  MI‑BB/GC 547/GC2 532/JS 605/GP 690
Sing Praise to the Lord (2)  WOR 539/RS 687/GC 545/JS 625
Table of Plenty (1)  JS 793/MI‑BB/GP 530
Table Prayer (1,G)  RS 701/GC 573
Take and Eat (G)  GC 831/GC2 812/RS 910/CBW 611/WC 648/WS/SS
The Church of Christ in Every Age (1)  WOR 626/RS 803/GC2 665/WC 930/JS 843/SS
The Kingdom of God (1)  WOR 615/RS 775/GC 655/GC2 639/PMB 511/WC 939
The Living Bread of God (G)  GC 826/GC2 841
*There Is Mercy in the Lord (C)   PSL 47/SS
*This Is the Bread (C)   PSL 147/SS
Ven al Banquete (1,Ps,G)   FYC 600/GC2 734/JS 795/MI‑BB
We Come to Your Feast (1)  GC 850/GC2 814
*We, the Body of Christ (Ps)  GP 517
We Who Once Were Dead (G)  CBW 402
When in Our Music God Is Glorified (2)  WOR 549/GC 560, 561/CBW 509/WC 915/JS 624/PMB 491
*Wisdom's Feast (1)   PMB 298/WC 618/WS
Word of God, Come Down on Earth, v 4 (1)  WOR 513/CBW 429/RS 653/JS 449/PMB 367/WC 708

Choral Anthems

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