start with a reminder. This chapter six of John's Gospel contains the so-called "discourse on the bread of life." It just started with this startling revelation: "I am the bread of life" and end with: "Who eats this bread will have eternal life." In the middle of each of these two parties, "murmurs" of listeners who do not understand what Jesus meant.
Last Sunday, in fact, Jesus answered the question "This Jesus, where is it? "Today, in this second part of speech, Jesus gives the meaning of his mission on earth: It comes from God, and he returned to God, and he invites his audience, he invites us to unite closely to his own destiny eating "his body delivered its shed blood."
He could have explained! On the contrary his words ring as a provocation. tirelessly in various forms, he reiterated the unacceptable: he must eat his flesh, drink his blood, which are the only real food, the only real drink. He could explain it really does not eat its flesh, that these words a kind of symbol. None of that! Instead, Jesus emphasizes heavily, bluntly, without explanation. Why? Probably because none of these explanations is sufficient to account for the gift to us of his life.
By eating the body and drinking the blood, we recognize the gift of God is he who gives us life, his life . We recognize it is our only home. When we participate in the Eucharist, we "Communion", that is to say, we share the same load, the same mission as Jesus. In other words, we become partners with Christ. It's not just food, become passive consumers of God's gift. It's all about sharing the mission of Christ the Savior. It is about giving every day of our lives for love.
Every Eucharist should make us a little saint, a little more like God. is in this sense that Paul exhorts us to live according to our vocation: "Take good care of your conduct, he said: do not live like fools, but as wise. Take advantage of this time because the days are evil. Do not be reckless, but understand what the will of the Lord ... Let yourself but be filled with the Holy Spirit. " Here a good way to commune with Christ.
Last Sunday, in fact, Jesus answered the question "This Jesus, where is it? "Today, in this second part of speech, Jesus gives the meaning of his mission on earth: It comes from God, and he returned to God, and he invites his audience, he invites us to unite closely to his own destiny eating "his body delivered its shed blood."
He could have explained! On the contrary his words ring as a provocation. tirelessly in various forms, he reiterated the unacceptable: he must eat his flesh, drink his blood, which are the only real food, the only real drink. He could explain it really does not eat its flesh, that these words a kind of symbol. None of that! Instead, Jesus emphasizes heavily, bluntly, without explanation. Why? Probably because none of these explanations is sufficient to account for the gift to us of his life.
By eating the body and drinking the blood, we recognize the gift of God is he who gives us life, his life . We recognize it is our only home. When we participate in the Eucharist, we "Communion", that is to say, we share the same load, the same mission as Jesus. In other words, we become partners with Christ. It's not just food, become passive consumers of God's gift. It's all about sharing the mission of Christ the Savior. It is about giving every day of our lives for love.
Every Eucharist should make us a little saint, a little more like God. is in this sense that Paul exhorts us to live according to our vocation: "Take good care of your conduct, he said: do not live like fools, but as wise. Take advantage of this time because the days are evil. Do not be reckless, but understand what the will of the Lord ... Let yourself but be filled with the Holy Spirit. " Here a good way to commune with Christ.
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