![]() ![]() Jesus says to them: “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. Now, the people had trouble catching on: “So they said to Him, ‘Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe You? What work do You perform? Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness as it is written, “He gave them bread from heaven to eat” ’ ” They were remembering what we heard in our Old Testament reading – which is the backstory to our Gospel reading – they were remembering the story of how God fed His people in the wilderness with manna. ![]() It is not what we do but what God gives us in Jesus. They respond with good intentions: “Then they said to him, ‘What must we do, to be doing the works of God?’ ” And Jesus answers: “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.” The work of God, the work God desires of us, the work God works in us, is not work but faith. For on Him God the Father has set His seal.” Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. Jesus attempts to move them along, to lift their sights to a higher level: “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking Me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. ![]() Unfortunately, the people around Jesus stayed stuck at the sign, at the bread, at the free meal. JESUS, THE BREAD OF LIFE, IS THE SOURCE OF ETERNAL LIFE. To Jesus as “the true bread from heaven.” To Jesus as “the bread of life.” For This was meant to be a sign pointing beyond itself to something more. For on Him God the Father has set His seal.”Įarlier, Jesus had miraculously fed some five thousand people with five barley loaves and two fish. Jesus says in today’s Gospel: “Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. “You’ll know where to find me.” Imagine dying and living in the kind of faith to say that! Imagine sharing such confidence and assurance with your loved ones! Eternal life is real. He tells his son that if he dies while his son is gone, his son will know where to find him. The man tells his son to go home and preach to his people the next day. There is a story of an elderly man on his deathbed. Let us pray: Almighty God, who sent Your Holy Spirit to be the life and light of Your Church: open our hearts to the riches of Your grace, that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit in love and joy and peace through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, Amen. Grace, mercy, and peace be unto each of you from God our Father and our Lord and King, Jesus the Christ. What helps you to balance the ‘earthly’ and the ‘heavenly’ in your life?.What do you make of Jesus telling us: “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent” (John 6:28)?. ![]()
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