How is it that to this very day there are many Christians still waiting for signs and miracles before they truly embrace their faith? They do not care to listen to personal testimony, unless it is their very own? Is being skeptical about our faith bad altogether? Or is being skeptical but refusing to journey to find the truth the real issue? Refusing to contemplate, to reflect, to allow the Holy Spirit to guide us as it is just too time consuming? Just too mind boggling? Miracles, signs and wonders from God still happen to this very day but are we too preoccupied with our own needs, wants and pleasures to witness them? The crowd in today’s Gospel had just witnessed a miracle the day before when Jesus fed five thousand men and yet they demanded another miracle to believe? Were they too preoccupied? Were they just indifferent?
Today we Catholics have a great miracle performed every day, and we are given it daily should we desire to receive? Are we still clueless? are we still indifferent? Are we still too preoccupied with ourselves to know this? Jesus our risen Lord and loving saviour gives of himself, physically, spiritually in the Holy Eucharist. Do we prepare ourselves to receive the living God deep into our very beings? Do we go for the sacrament of reconciliation regularly? Do we prepare ourselves in thought, word, deed and dress for every Eucharistic Celebration? Do our hearts burn with desire to worship and receive Jesus at every Eucharistic Celebration?
A promise true for us who have faith, Jesus says “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.”
Gospel John 6:30–35
The crowd said to Jesus: “What sign can you do, that we may see and believe in you? What can you do? Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.” So Jesus said to them, Amen, amen, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave the bread from heaven; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” So they said to Jesus, “Sir, give us this bread always.” Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.”
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