A reading from the first Book of Kings 18:20-39
Ahab sent to all the children of Israel and had the prophets assemble on Mount Carmel.
Ahab sent to all the children of Israel and had the prophets assemble on Mount Carmel.
Jesus said to his disciples: “You are the salt of the earth.
The brook near where Elijah was hiding ran dry, because no rain had fallen in the land.
When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him.
Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab: “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, during these years there shall be no dew or rain except at my word.” The Lord then said to Elijah: “Leave here, go east and hide in the Wadi Cherith, east of the Jordan.
The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you.
Brothers and sisters: The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ?
