Gospel: John
6:52-59
The Jews quarrelled
among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his Flesh to
eat?" Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat
the Flesh of the Son of Man and drink his Blood, you do not have life within
you. Whoever eats my Flesh and drinks my Blood has eternal life, and I will
raise him on the last day. For my Flesh is true food, and my Blood is true
drink. Whoever eats my Flesh and drinks my Blood remains in me and I in him. Just
as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the
one who feeds on me will have life because of me. This is the bread that came
down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats
this bread will live forever." These things he said while teaching in the
synagogue in Capernaum.
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Reflection:
What is
the difference between a person who is a regular Communicant and the person who
doesn’t partake of the Body of Christ at Holy Communion? The person who
devoutly goes to Holy Mass and who lets himself be nourished by the Body of
Christ is slowly but surely being transformed by the Body of Christ to become
Christ like.
What does
this mean to you? It means that the very moment you allow the Body of Christ to
come into you. You also open yourself the opportunity to be an alter ego of
Jesus. In other words it simply means that you become an ambassador of Jesus
when you receive Him.
But do we
really allow this to happen to us? Do we really allow the Body of Christ to
spiritually nourish and transform us? Many of us go to Holy Communion regularly
but we never change. There’s no positive behavioral and spiritual
transformation that occurs within us. This is for the reason that we don’t
allow the Body of Christ to transform us.
One sure
sign that the Body of Jesus Christ is transforming us already is when we are
able to share and live His teachings. When we are able to forgive those who’ve
hurt us, when we are able to overcome our own sinfulness and our own arrogance
and pride.
Have we
already shared and lived Jesus? Have we already asked Jesus to help us overpower
our own sinfulness, arrogance and pride? - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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