August 4 - Sunday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(Ex.16:2-4,12-15; Ps.78:3-4,23-25,54; Eph.4:17,20-24; Jn.6:24-35) "Do not work for food that perishes but for food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you." Their bellies rumbling in the desert, "the whole Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron," calling out for food to satiate their hunger. How they long to be beside their "flesh pots" in Egypt, where they "ate [their] fill of bread" – even if they should die there. Their great concern is for the food which perishes. And in our gospel, too, Jesus upbraids the crowd who follow Him, saying, "You are…
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