Faith and Family
Faith and Family for June 14: Body and Blood of Christ
READ
JN 6:51-58
Jesus said to the Jewish crowds: “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.”
The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
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by Father Greg Friedman, OFM
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