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The Lord gives us his flesh to eat and his blood to drink and that constitutes a guarantee of our sharing the life of Jesus and the Father forever. Nothing unites us with the Lord Jesus more deeply than our sharing in the bread of life.
Consider the ancient invitation within God’s word, found in Proverbs 3:5: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, on your own intelligence do not rely.”
Saint Paul counsels against taking advantage of the youth of a person in authority. That advice applies well for Saint Hilary of Arles who was ordained a bishop at age 29. He suffered because of his young age, but managed to be an effective prelate before his death at age 49.
Jesus the bread of life nourishes us with the bread of his teaching and with the food of the Eucharist–his body and blood. We are called to believe and to receive.
When was the last time you did something that brought you that same feeling of joy you experienced as a youngster? Just because we grow older, doesn’t mean we have to lose that sense of adventure and fun.
On this fourth Sunday of Easter, even though the weekly readings do not reflect it, we celebrate the mother’s in our lives, especially Mother Mary.
Little biographical data is available for Blessed Michael Giedroyc, but we do know that he was physically handicapped and that this caused him great suffering during his lifetime. But, despite his difficulties, Blessed Michael coped well, due in part to his rich spiritual life.
Today when we hear the exciting adventures of Paul and Barnabas in the reading from the “Acts of the Apostles” we may wonder: How can we answer the call from Jesus to “go out and preach to all nations”? One way is to support missionaries we may know personally by our prayers and financial help.
Jesus offers us the bread of life. If we accept his teaching and respond to him in faith we will be joined in life to him and to the Father forever.
Saints Philip and James share a feast day because their relics were brought to Rome together in early May. We know nothing more about either saint than what is found in the Scriptures. There we are told that they were apostles, and tradition has it that they were both martyred.
