“Ako amo ang tinapay sang kabuhi"

Ebanghelyo subong nga Adlaw (Juan 6:30-35)

Nagsabat sila, “Ano nga milagro ang mapakita mo sa amon, agod magtuo kami sa imo? Ano ang himuon mo?

Ang amon mga katigulangan nagkaon sang mana sa desierto, suno sa ginasiling sang kasulatan, ‘Ginhatagan niya sila sing tinapay nga kalan-on halin sa langit.’ ”

Si Jesus nagsiling, “Nagasiling ako sa inyo sang matuod: indi si Moises ang naghatag sa inyo sang tinapay halin sa langit, kundi ang akon Amay amo ang nagahatag sa inyo sang matuod nga tinapay halin sa langit.

Kay ang tinapay nga ginahatag sang Dios amo sia nga nagapanaog halin sa langit kag nagahatag sing kabuhi sa kalibutan.”

Nagsiling sila, “Sir, hatagi kami pirme sini nga tinapay.”

Si Jesus nagsiling sa ila, “Ako amo ang tinapay sang kabuhi. Ang nagakari sa akon indi na gid paggutomon, kag ang nagatuo sa akon indi na gid pag-uhawon.

Prayers:

"Lord Jesus Christ, you are the bread of life. You alone can satisfy the hunger in my heart. May I always find in you, the true bread from heaven, the source of life and nourishment I need to sustain me on my journey to the promised land of heaven."

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Reflection of the Daily Gospel:

Do you hunger for the bread of life? The Jews had always regarded the mana in the wilderness as the bread of God (Psalm 78:24, Exodus 16:15). There was a strong Rabbinic belief that when the Messiah came he would give manna from heaven. This was the supreme work of Moses. Now the Jewish leaders were demanding that Jesus produce manna from heaven as proof to his claim to be the Messiah. Jesus responds by telling them that it was not Moses who gave the manna, but God. And the manna given to Moses and the people was not the real bread from heaven, but only a symbol of the bread to come.

Jesus then makes the claim which only God can make: I am the bread of life. The bread which Jesus offers is none else than the very life of God. This is the true bread which can truly satisfy the hunger in our hearts. The manna from heaven prefigured the superabundance of the unique bread of the Eucharist or Lord’s Supper which Jesus gave to his disciples on the eve of his sacrifice. The manna in the wilderness sustained the Israelites on their journey to the Promised Land. It could not produce eternal life for the Israelites. The bread which Jesus offers his disciples sustains us not only on our journey to the heavenly paradise, it gives us the abundant supernatural life of God which sustains us both now and for all eternity. When we receive from the Lord’s table we unite ourselves to Jesus Christ, who makes us sharers in his body and blood and partakers of his divine life. Ignatius of Antioch (35-107 A.D.) calls it the "one bread that provides the medicine of immortality, the antidote for death, and the food that makes us live for ever in Jesus Christ" (Ad Eph. 20,2). This supernatural food is healing for both body and soul and strength for our journey heavenward. Do you hunger for God and for the food which produces everlasting life?