Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Watchword for the week — Jesus said, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” John 6:35
Sunday, August 1 — Exodus 16:2-4,9-15; Psalm 78:23-39
Ephesians 4:1-16; John 6:24-35
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. Deuteronomy 6:5
We love because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19
Creator of heaven and earth, you love us through our greatest joys to our deepest pain. No matter what, you encourage us to respond to your eternal love by fulfilling our calling to love others as you have loved us. Amen.