On Today’s Gospel

Posted: April 18, 2013 by CatholicJules in Personal Thoughts & Reflections

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Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me. Psalm 42:7

Do you hear our heavenly Father calling unto you? My sons, my daughters in your brokenness I love you still and more. My greatest gift of love has been given to you, that you shall learn my ways and through Him you will have life eternal. Listen to Him.

When we unite our wills with that of God our Father, only then can we listen to His call.

Jesus our Lord and saviour shares this great mystery of love with us, “I am the bread of life.  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.”  Let us reflect deeply on this…..

For all those willing to go deeper in understanding a little more on the Eucharist, I invite you to read the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Benedict XVI Sacramentum Caritatis and Blessed Pope John Paul II’s Encyclical Letter Ecclesia De Eucharistia links are as follows :-http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_ben-xvi_exh_20070222_sacramentum-caritatis_en.html  And http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/special_features/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_20030417_ecclesia_eucharistia_en.html

Today’s Gospel John 6:44–51

Jesus said to the crowds: “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.”

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