19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saint Clare (1193/4 – 1253)
Gospel John 6:41-51
“Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever; and the bread that I shall give is my flesh, for the life of the world”. This belongs to the passage about the Eucharist. In this sentence, Jesus is speaking about three things. First, whoever eats this bread will live for ever. Second, this bread is His flesh. Third, this is for the life of the world. Actually, one message. The Body of Jesus is the bread from heaven for the life of each one of us. This is from heaven because this is gift from God. This gift is God himself. The second person of the Holy Trinity, the Son. He incarnates so that He can be bread that gives life to us. He incarnates so that He can give himself up totally to us. He can give His life to us. At the Cross, He becomes the bread for us which was celebrated at the last Supper. And this bread is the life of the world because He is Risen and is alive. This is Eucharist. So, in Eucharist, the love of God the Father becomes real through the real presence of the Son, who incarnated and gave Himself up on the cross for us, and which is realized by the working of the Holy Spirit. Let’s reflect: How much am I grateful for the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist?
Don Giorgio