Gospel – John 6:41-51
The Jews murmured about Jesus because he said,
“I am the bread that came down from heaven, ”
and they said,
“Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph?
Do we not know his father and mother?
Then how can he say,
‘I have come down from heaven’?”
Jesus answered and said to them,
“Stop murmuring among yourselves.
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him,
and I will raise him on the last day.
It is written in the prophets:
They shall all be taught by God.
Everyone who listens to my Father and learns from him comes to me.
Not that anyone has seen the Father
except the one who is from God;
he has seen the Father.
Amen, amen, I say to you,
whoever believes has eternal life.
I am the bread of life.
Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died;
this is the bread that comes down from heaven
so that one may eat it and not die.
I am the living bread that came down from heaven;
whoever eats this bread will live forever;
and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.”
Reflection on the Gospel
Let us remember that we are in the holy presence of God.
Jesus intends to be the life of the world and he is, whether I believe it or not.
Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to Jesus.
The life of the world that Jesus gives is eternal life, not just life in this earthly realm.
One death-dealing habit is murmuring.
“Stop murmuring among yourselves.”
Saint John Baptist de La Salle – Pray for us.
Live, Jesus, in our hearts – Forever.