If you want to know what a disciple of the Lord should look like and act, look upon Philip in today’s first reading. Through the power of the Lord’s resurrection and his close relationship with our Lord, he did miracle signs and wonders in the lives of those who did not believe at first. While witnessing all that had been done for them, they truly repented and followed after Jesus.
One interesting note is that Philip cast out many evil spirits from the people within them. In other words, he delivered them from evil. In today’s day and age, many are living with evil spirits within them through exposure and love of the world, and they didn’t even realize it. How many of these should be saved through us, disciples of our Lord?
For Jesus is truly the bread of life, and anyone who believes in him shall be saved. Anyone who looks upon Jesus will be saved. Let us lead everyone to Jesus. Amen. Hallelujah.
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First reading
Acts 8:1b-8
‘They went about preaching the word.’
There arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the Apostles. Devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him. But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.
Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word. Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ. And the crowds with one accord paid attention to what was being said by Philip, when they heard him and saw the signs that he did. For unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many who had them, and many who were paralysed or lame were healed. So there was much joy in that city.
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Gospel
John 6:35-40
‘This is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son should have eternal life.’
At that time: Jesus said to the crowd, ‘I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.’
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