Catholic Daily Reading 12th August 2012

"1Ki 19:4  And he went forward, one day's journey into the desert. And when he was there, and sat under a juniper tree, he

requested for his soul that he might die, and said: It is enough for me, Lord; take away my soul: for I am no better than my

fathers.
1Ki 19:5  And he cast himself down, and slept in the shadow of the juniper tree: and behold an angel of the Lord touched him,

and said to him: Arise and eat.
1Ki 19:6  He looked, and behold there was at his head a hearth cake, and a vessel of water: and he ate and drank, and he fell

asleep again.
1Ki 19:7  And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said to him: Arise, eat: for thou hast

yet a great way to go.
1Ki 19:8  And he arose, and ate and drank, and walked in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the

mount of God, Horeb.
First Kings 19:4-8

"Psa 34:2 I will bless the Lord at all times, his praise shall be always in my mouth.
Psa 34:3 In the Lord shall my soul be praised: let the meek hear and rejoice.
Psa 34:4 O magnify the Lord with me; and let us extol his name together.
Psa 34:5 I sought the Lord, and he heard me; and he delivered me from all my troubles.
Psa 34:6 Come ye to him and be enlightened: and your faces shall not be confounded.
Psa 34:7 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him: and saved him out of all his troubles.
Psa 34:8 The angel of the Lord shall encamp round about them that fear him: and shall deliver them.
Psa 34:9 O taste, and see that the Lord is sweet: blessed is the man that hopeth in him."
Psalm 34:2-9

"Joh 6:41  The Jews therefore murmured at him, because he had said: I am the living bread which came down from heaven.
Joh 6:42  And they said: Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then saith he: I came

down from heaven?
Joh 6:43  Jesus therefore answered and said to them: Murmur not among yourselves.
Joh 6:44  No man can come to me, except the Father, who hath sent me, draw him. And I will raise him up in the last day.
Joh 6:45  It is written in the prophets: And they shall all be taught of God. Every one that hath heard of the Father and

hath learned cometh forth me.
Joh 6:46  Not that any man hath seen the Father: but he who is of God, he hath seen the Father.
Joh 6:47  Amen, amen, I say unto you: He that believeth in me hath everlasting life.
Joh 6:48  I am the bread of life.
Joh 6:49  Your fathers did eat manna in the desert: and are dead.
Joh 6:50  This is the bread which cometh down from heaven: that if any man eat of it, he may not die.
Joh 6:51  I am the living bread which came down from heaven."
John 6:41-51

"Eph 4:30  And grieve not the holy Spirit of God: whereby you are sealed unto the day of redemption.
Eph 4:31  Let all bitterness and anger and indignation and clamour and blasphemy be put away from you, with all malice.
Eph 4:32  And be ye kind one to another: merciful, forgiving one another, even as God hath forgiven you in Christ.
Eph 5:1  Be ye therefore followers of God, as most dear children:
Eph 5:2  And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us and hath delivered himself for us, an oblation and a sacrifice to God

for an odour of sweetness."
Ephesians 4:30-5:2