May 7, 2014 (Wednesday) Gospel: The Bread of Life Discourse Verse: Jn. 6:35-40 Reflection: I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE. This is the first of the seven I am proclamations of Jesus in the gospel of Jon. The people are coming to Jesus because they are hungry. The prophet Amos speaks of this kind of hunger this way: See, days are coming - oracle of the Lord God - when I will send a famine upon the land: Not a hunger for bread, or a thirst for water, but for hearing the word of the Lord (Am 8:11). In His first I am declaration, Jesus reveals to the kind of relationship He desires to cultivate so that we may grow in faith and love of God. He exposes the folly of the Jews unbelief. But for those who accept Him in faith, He promises not just a prolonged lifetime but eternal life itself - what every person hungers and thirsts for. God wants us to live, not die. For this very reason, God gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him (Jn 3:16-17). Response: Do you experience strength and growth from receiving the Eucharist, the bread of life? Source: 365 Days with the Lord (Copyright/All Rights Reserved 2014)
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