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GOSPEL POWER |APRIL 24, 2021 - SATURDAY
GOSPEL POWER |APRIL 24, 2021
SATURDAY | Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Priest and Martyr
3rd Week of Easter| Gospel: Jn 6: 60 – 69
When many of the disciples of Jesus heard it, they said, “This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?” But Jesus, being aware that his disciples were complaining about it, said to them, “Does this offend you? Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But among you there are some who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the first who were the ones that did not believe, and who was the one that would betray him. And he said, “For this reason I have told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted by the Father.” Because of this many of his disciples turned back and no longer went about with him. So Jesus asked the twelve, “Do you also wish to go away?” Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom we can go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”
REFLECTION
We begin to see in this Gospel episode the realization of what the evangelist wrote in the prologue: “He came to what was his own, but his own people did not accept him” (Jn 1:11). The people’s aspiration is too small — they just want something to fill their stomachs with. Their notion of the Messiah is too worldly — someone who will defeat their enemies and restore prosperity to their land. The claim of Jesus to be the bread that came down from heaven implies divine Messiahship, something unimaginable and scandalous to them. Jesus tries to raise their aspiration, so that their hearts may open up to the higher gifts God has in store for them, but many prefer to cling to their little dreams and petty desires. Jesus is simply too much for them. Only Peter and his companions continue to see in Jesus the hope for the fulfillment of the deepest longing of the human heart.
PRAYER
Lord Jesus, while we live in this world that offers only false hopes and empty promises, like Peter, we know that there is no one we can turn to except you. Amen.
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GOSPEL POWER |APRIL 24, 2021
SATURDAY | Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Priest and Martyr
3rd Week of Easter| Gospel: Jn 6: 60 – 69
When many of the disciples of Jesus heard it, they said, “This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?” But Jesus, being aware that his disciples were complaining about it, said to them, “Does this offend you? Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But among you there are some who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the first who were the ones that did not believe, and who was the one that would betray him. And he said, “For this reason I have told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted by the Father.” Because of this many of his disciples turned back and no longer went about with him. So Jesus asked the twelve, “Do you also wish to go away?” Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom we can go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”
REFLECTION
We begin to see in this Gospel episode the realization of what the evangelist wrote in the prologue: “He came to what was his own, but his own people did not accept him” (Jn 1:11). The people’s aspiration is too small — they just want something to fill their stomachs with. Their notion of the Messiah is too worldly — someone who will defeat their enemies and restore prosperity to their land. The claim of Jesus to be the bread that came down from heaven implies divine Messiahship, something unimaginable and scandalous to them. Jesus tries to raise their aspiration, so that their hearts may open up to the higher gifts God has in store for them, but many prefer to cling to their little dreams and petty desires. Jesus is simply too much for them. Only Peter and his companions continue to see in Jesus the hope for the fulfillment of the deepest longing of the human heart.
PRAYER
Lord Jesus, while we live in this world that offers only false hopes and empty promises, like Peter, we know that there is no one we can turn to except you. Amen.