Gospel: John 6:44-51
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.”
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Reflection:
Are you afraid to die?
There are many reasons why many are afraid to
die; foremost amongst these reasons is we are not prepared yet. We still have
our own worldly preoccupation that we must take care of first. But we all know
that at a time that we don’t expect, we have to go and leave this world
permanently.
In today’s gospel Jesus gives us an ironclad
protection against our fear of death. He enjoins us to regularly partake of the
living bread that is available to us during Holy Communion no other than
Himself. This is the same bread that is given to those who are sick and not
anymore able to go to church for Holy Mass.
Why don’t we try to regularly partake of His Body
during Holy Communion? And see how it will form, change and make us fearless of
mortal death. We will not die anymore if we are with Jesus and we will not fear
death anymore if we reverently partake of Him at Holy Mass during Holy
Communion.
Our marching order therefore is to bring others to
Holy Mass. So that they will also be blessed, nourished and enlightened by
Jesus Christ.
Have you been able to bring someone to church for Holy
Mass, so that they too can come to know Jesus more deeply and not fear anything
that may happen to them in this world? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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