FRIENDS and SERVANTS of the WORD
17 April 2024 EASTER WEDNESDAY 3
WORD of the DAY
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.” (John 6: 35-40)
How shall I live this Word? 
I am the bread of the life; who comes to me will not be hungry and who believes in me will not thirst.” If there is anything that characterizes our human life, it is certainly precariousness. Everything in this life is always destined to end. What comes to us from the experience of faith, however, is not marked by precariousness, but by definitiveness. Hunger, the thirst that humans experience, is hunger and thirst for love, meaning, truth, and freedom. Jesus is the only one who can give us all these things definitively, not provisionally. The real question is whether we believe this. (Epicoco)
Why does Jesus compare Himself to bread? Because bread (which is a way of referring to food in general) is indispensable for living. The relationship a person has with food is not optional or incidental. On the contrary, our relationship with bread – and with food in general – is characterized by the fact that we must necessarily resort to it. One cannot afford to say that one will live in this world without eating. We depend on bread not as something to give up, but as the basis of our existence, of our life.
Jesus is telling us that He is the ‘cause’ of life; where He is, life is born. And just as food is necessary for life, He is necessary for us. We must seek Jesus with the same motivation with which we seek food every day. Jesus must be a vital necessity for us!
Lord Jesus, you alone can satisfy my life, always in need of you, who are the Bread of Life.
The voice of Pope Francis, Homily, 9 August 2015
In Jesus, in His ‘flesh’, that is His concrete humanity, is present all of God’s love who is the Holy Spirit. Those who let themselves be drawn by this love, go to Jesus, go in faith, and receive from Him life; life eternal.
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