The Living Bread

 

  Jn 6:44-51

Eat This And Live Forever

 ⁴⁴ “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day. ⁴⁵ It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me. ⁴⁶ No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father. ⁴⁷ Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life. ⁴⁸ I am the bread of life. ⁴⁹ Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. ⁵⁰ But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die. ⁵¹ I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”

The myth of the Fountain of Youth has fascinated us for centuries and the search for it still goes on. Does it exist? Will it ever be found? But we do know that the Bread of Life is real; it does exist and is available to us daily. Jesus has left us with this gift in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. My we grow is appreciation for this Bread of Life and make every effort to partake of it as often as possible.  If we were offered a million dollars daily by going to Mass, we would be there, wouldn't we?  The Eucharist is worth more than a million dollars.

Bro. Rene

Dear Jesus, you are the Bread of Life; help me to receive you as often as possible. Amen.