Gospel: John
6:22-29
The next
day, the crowd that remained across the sea saw that there had been only one
boat there, and that Jesus had not gone along with his disciples in the boat, but
only his disciples had left. Other boats came from Tiberias near the place
where they had eaten the bread when the Lord gave thanks. When the crowd saw
that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into boats
and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus. And when they found him across the sea
they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?” Jesus answered them and said,
“Amen, amen, I say to you, you are looking for me not because you saw signs but
because you ate the loaves and were filled. Do not work for food that perishes but
for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you.
For on him the Father, God, has set his seal.” So they said to him, “What can
we do to accomplish the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This
is the work of God, that you believe in the one he sent.”
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Reflection:
A man was
once asked why he attends the celebration of the Holy Mass everyday. He said
that he does so because he wants to be nourished by Jesus everyday. Then he
said these very profound words: “I don’t have the heart to refuse Jesus who
always offers Himself to me during Holy Communion.”
In almost
everyday of our lives Jesus always offers Himself to us by way of Holy
Communion inside the celebration of the Holy Mass. He is the food that does not perish and He is
the food that gives eternal life. We often times take Him for granted for the
reason that we don’t go to Holy Mass everyday even if we have the luxury of
time.
But when
are we going to Jesus? When we are in dire need of Him already? Let us not wait
for the time to come when we will be forced to go to Jesus because we are
already sick or a few steps away from death.
Let us
take advantage of the present moment that we have every day let us go to Jesus
now. For everything is ours to gain, we will not lose anything except our
sinfulness the moment we decide to go to Jesus.
When are
you going to Jesus who always offers Himself to you in the celebration of the
Holy Mass? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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