He said, “Who are you, sir?. The reply came, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. Now get up and go into the city and you will be told what you must do.” Acts: 9: 4-5 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. As the living…[read more]
I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats of this bread will live for ever; and the bread that I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh. John 6: 51 It is Jesus himself who is the source of life, who is life for us. Jesus is…[read more]
I am the bread of life; anyone who comes to me shall not hunger, and anyone who believes in me shall never thirst. John 6: 35 Today’s gospel invites the question: “For what do we most deeply hunger and thirst?” It is only, says the gospel, the gift of God in Jesus himself who can…[read more]
Amen, amen I say to you, it is not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. John 6: 32-2 In Jewish understanding, the…[read more]
. . . they came to Capernaum looking for Jesus. 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.” . . . So they said to him, “What can we do to accomplish the works of God?” Jesus answered…[read more]
But Peter and the Apostles said in reply, “We must obey God rather than men.” Acts 5: 29 The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is above all. . . .…[read more]
And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For all who do evil hate the light, and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed. But those who do what is true…[read more]
The community of believers was of one heart and mind, and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they had everything in common. Acts 4: 32 Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. That which…[read more]
First he says, “Sacrifices and offerings, holocausts and sin offerings, you neither desired nor delighted in.” These are offered according to the law. Then he says, “Behold, I come to do your will.” He takes away the first to establish the second. By this “will” we have been consecrated through the offering of the Body…[read more]
That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord.” John 21: 7 The resurrection of Jesus draws us all into a new life. The resurrection stories which we read these days describe for us that newness of life which Jesus’ resurrection inaugurates. As Paul writes in his letter to the Galatians (2:20):”…[read more]
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