'Taste and see that the Lord is good.' Sunday Reflections, 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
\ Scenes from the Life of Joshua Italian Mosaic Artist [ Web Gallery of Art ] Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel . . . “Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lorð” . . . Then the people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods”. [ First Reading ]. Readings (Jerusalem Bible: Australia, England & Wales, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland) Readings (New American Bible: Philippines, USA) Gospel John 6:60-69 (English Standard Version Anglicised: India) When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offence at this? Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But t