Gospel
John 6:41-51
Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever
The Jews were complaining to each other about Jesus, because he had said, ‘I am the bread that came down from heaven.’ ‘Surely this is Jesus son of Joseph’ they said. ‘We know his father and mother. How can he now say, “I have come down from heaven”?’ Jesus said in reply, ‘Stop complaining to each other.
‘No one can come to me
unless he is drawn by the Father who sent me,
and I will raise him up at the last day.
It is written in the prophets:
They will all be taught by God,
and to hear the teaching of the Father,
and learn from it,
is to come to me.
Not that anybody has seen the Father,
except the one who comes from God:
he has seen the Father.
I tell you most solemnly,
everybody who believes has eternal life.
‘I am the bread of life.
Your fathers ate the manna in the desert
and they are dead;
but this is the bread that comes down from heaven,
so that a man may eat it and not die.
I am the living bread which has come down from heaven.
Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever;
and the bread that I shall give is my flesh,
for the life of the world.’
Reflection.
I am the bread of life. Anyone who eats this bread will never hunger. The body takes bread to give it nourishment and strength. However one day the body will perish. What we want is nourishment for the soul. Only Christ can provide that because he is the bread of life.With that bread all our fear ,pain and sorrow will be gone. Do you want the bread of love?
Let us pray
Lord Jesus may our faith do not falter so that we can have bread and drink that will prevent us from ever being hungry and thirsty ever again. Instead we can find joy in you.
Amen
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