Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Third Week of Easter
Reading: Acts 8:1-8
Gospel: John 6:35-40
Jesus said to the crowds, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.
But I told you that although you have seen me, you do not believe.
Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and I will not reject anyone who comes to me, because I came down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me. And this is the will of the one who sent me that I should not lose anything of what he gave me, but that I should raise it on the last day. For this is the will of my Father: that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him on the last day.”
D@iGITAL-EXPERIENCE
(Daily Gospel in the Assimilated Life Experience)
The Jews had something more than the secret to longevity. With Jesus in their midst they had access to the Bread of eternity. But they rejected Jesus, O what a waste of precious opportunity. In effect they rejected life, how pathetic, what a pity!
At the Eucharist we get the same opportunity. The substance of ordinary bread turns into Christ’s body. The “accidents” of bread such as appearance and taste remain unchanged. Beyond appearances, it becomes Christ’s flesh; the bread has substantially changed.
Those who accept this Bread obtain deliverance from earthly strife. It is the will of the Father “that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life” (John 6:35-40).
The Eucharistic bread is not acceptable to some. Well, they can have it their way because God respects human freedom. Meanwhile God suffers in silence seeing their souls descending into the deep. Would that they repent! God will embrace them like a shepherd finding his lost sheep.
The hypocrite attends Mass just in case he gets something out of it. This is the wager’s mentality, a great scandal to those who are serious in spirituality. But hypocrites cannot keep their cake and eat it too. Because they are neither hot nor cold God will vomit them (Rev. 3:15), yes it is true!
Others are neither hypocrite nor unbelieving but are merely procrastinating. Their plan is to accept the Bread of Life later when they are no longer “alive and kicking”. But having been lukewarm towards God while still healthy, would they have the inner strength to fight the devil when they are dying already? While God accepts the repentant even at his last moment of strife, time may not be on the evil person’s side to rise from the rubbles of a bad life.
If we want eternal life, let’s start living it today by embracing the Bread of Life. – Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., DM. Email: [email protected].
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