The
crowd said to Jesus: “What sign can you do, that we may see and believe in you?
What can you do? Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as it is written:
He
gave them bread from heaven to eat.” So Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say
to you, it was not Moses who gave the bread from heaven; my Father gives you
the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down from
heaven and gives life to the world.”
So
they said to Jesus, “Sir, give us this bread always.” Jesus said to them, “I am
the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever
believes in me will never thirst.”
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Reflection:
Would
you be willing to give your very life for Jesus?
In our
first reading Stephen was killed because of his unending profession of faith in
Jesus. He could have saved his life if he did not proclaim his love for Jesus
but he chose to boldly say it, thus he was stoned to death.
What a
price to pay for professing his faith and love for his God. But this is the
reality with our discipleship with Jesus. If we really are true and faithful
followers we will not hesitate to give a certain part of our life or even our
own life for our love for Jesus.
Every now
and then there would be instances wherein the steadfastness of our faith in
Jesus will be tested. It may not cost our life anymore; perhaps the test of our
commitment to Jesus may come through many forms of temptations and trials.
Would we still be faithful to Jesus amidst our temptations and trials?
It’s
really not easy to follow Jesus, some of us may have already given up on Jesus
and we instead chose to follow the many temptations of this world.
But if
we would not follow Jesus and if we will not sacrifice a part of ourselves for
the kingdom of God, who are we going to follow? We follow the evil one and master manipulator which is no other than Satan? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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