Readings of Scripture Feast of Corpus Christi Gospel A
Feast of Corpus Christi Gospel Reflections A
I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world."
What does "living water" do and what does "living bread" do? What is the connection between our physical needs and our spiritual needs?
He says that he is the living bread that came down from heaven. What would this remind the Jews of? The Manna in the desert; God’s providence. What is the connection between God providing for his people in the desert and God providing for us today?
We eat in order to sustain physical life. Jesus feeds us with his Body and Blood to sustain our life with God, not just for the moment but for eternity.
The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us (his) flesh to eat?"
The fact that they quarreled among themselves indicates that some accepted this saying and others did not.
Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you.
Do we approach the Eucharist with this understanding?
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him.
How conscious are we of the union and intimacy between Jesus and ourselves, when we receive him in Communion?
He makes himself very clear by saying "my flesh is true food….blood…true drink." It is not a symbol but the real body and blood of Jesus.
Just as the living Father sent me, and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever."
What is our understanding of Eucharist? What is our experience of Eucharist?
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