Gospel:
John 6:22-29
22 On the
next day the people who remained on the other side of the sea saw that there
had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his
disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone. 23 However, boats from
Tiber'i-as came near the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had
given thanks. 24 So when the people saw that Jesus was not there, nor his
disciples, they themselves got into the boats and went to Caper'na-um, seeking
Jesus. 25 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him,
"Rabbi, when did you come here?" 26 Jesus answered them, "Truly,
truly, I say to you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you
ate your fill of the loaves. 27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but
for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to
you; for on him has God the Father set his seal." 28 Then they said to
him, "What must we do, to be doing the works of God?" 29 Jesus
answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he
has sent."
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Reflection:
Do you
still have time to reflect about the present state of your spiritual life? You
do this just to reflect if you’re still living a life of purpose outside of the
world of materialism. Many of us today don’t have time anymore to reflect about
the present state of our life with Jesus. Instead what we have time for is to
think on how we could earn more to assure our future in this world.
But what
will happen to us if all we think about is how to ensure our future in this
world? We may become people of this world that is alien to the significant role
of Jesus in our lives.
As we
exist in this world we must not also forget to think about our relationship
with Jesus. If we are able to feed our bodies with food to make us strong and
healthy. Then, it is also incumbent upon us that we nourish our hungry spirits
with Jesus as often as we nourish our mortal bodies with worldly food.
Why do we
desire to follow Jesus? Is it because we want to have material prosperity? So that
we can feed ourselves with the best food that this world can offer? And so that
we can buy whatever we want from this world? Or we follow Jesus for the reason
that we want to feed our hungry spirits?
In our
gospel for today the crowd was chasing Jesus not because they want to feed
their hungry spirits. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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