In today’s Gospel, John 6: 30-35, Jesus says to the crowd
that is pressuring Him for a sign “so that we can put faith in you.” The
crowd reminds Jesus that heir ancestors “had
manna to eat in the desert” that, “according
to the Scriptures,” came down from
heaven. Jesus responds:
“I solemnly assure you, it was
not Moses who gave you bread from the heavens; it is my Father who gives you
the real heavenly bread. God’s bread comes down from heaven and gives life to
the world…I myself am the Bread of Life. No one who comes to me shall ever be hungry;
no one who believes in me shall ever thirst again.”
The Jews’ ancestors did hunger again. Every morning the
manna reappeared. It did not last. When
you and I eat the “Bread of Life,” when we believe in Jesus and follow God’s
will we never hunger or never thirst. O,
the power of the resurrection of the Lord. O, the power and the strength of the
Truth Who is God Incarnate, who is the Eternal Word made flesh, who nourishes
us in the Eucharist, in the Scriptures, through the Spirit who dwells within
the depths of our beings! O, the power and the wisdom and the humility and the
love and mercy of our God!
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