Scripture/Bible: The Jews then disputed
among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to
eat?" 53 So Jesus said to them,
"Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man
and drink his blood, you have no life in you; 54 he
who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up
at the last day. 55 For my flesh is food
indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56 He
who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father sent
me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats me will live because of
me. 58 This is the bread which
came down from heaven, not such as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this
bread will live for ever." 59 This he said in the
synagogue, as he taught at Caper'na-um. John 6:52-59
Reflection: Who
among you would want to drink human blood and eat human flesh? The very thought
of having it can send us into a tizzy.
Surely,
the focus of the discussion is on the eating of the flesh and drinking of the
blood of Jesus and the proposal seems impossible.
But
on the other hand, who would daringly assert that people should eat his flesh and
drink his blood, with such boldness and confidence as Jesus. Surely, it is a mission that he had come to
accomplish, the mission to give his very own life to us who were dead in our sins.
What
does that death mean? It means a sure
hope for our constant but losing battle against sickness, calamities,
diseases, sinful weaknesses, the daily stress of life, the bitterness and pain
of life.
He
came also to take the away the fear, the unrest, the anxiety that surrounds us
due to the absence of life in us.
His
flesh is the sure healing and his blood brings life into our mortal bodies. You
need to see it to believe it and believe it to experience it and experience it
in order to proclaim it.
Prayer: Lord,
as I receive your Body and blood, may I be filled with every grace and
blessings to face the challenges of life, with your life reigning in me.
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