Thursday 3rd Week of Eastertide Gospel Reading – 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.”
The Gospel of the Lord
The Mass intention is for Anne MacDonald RIP
My friends to help us to be in tune with Jesus, we can continue to read and be nourished by the Word of God, in this the Year of the God who Speaks! And be fed by the Bread of Life at the Table of the Lord (once we can again assemble for the Eucharist in our beautiful churches). In the mean time God can use our short time with another person to help that person understand how much God loves them. We never know whose lives we will affect or how it will happen, we just need to be ready to be God’s servants and allow God to do the rest.
I was reminded of this when I was reading Pope Francis’ book, The Joy of the Gospel. The pope reminds all Christians of their duty of sharing the Glad Tidings – Good News of the Gospel – with those we encounter in our daily living. My friend’s as Jesus disciples we must share the Good News of Jesus, Joyfully!