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GOSPEL POWER l MAY 2, 2022
3rd Week of Easter I Saint Athanasius, bishop and doctor of the Church
Gospel: Jn 6:22-29
22The next day the crowd that had stayed on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there. They also saw that Jesus had not got into the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone. 23Then some boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. 24So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus. 25When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” 26Jesus answered them, “Very truly, I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. 27Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal.” 28Then they said to him, “What must we do to perform the works of God?” 29Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”
Signs are pointers that direct one’s attention to another reality. Jesus performed signs to enable his listeners to cross the barrier that separates the earthly realm from the heavenly realm, so that they might perceive here below the realities from above that he comes to reveal. He multiplied bread for the Jewish crowd to point to the superabundant and never-ending life that the heavenly Father desires to give them. But the barrier can be crossed only if one does not get attached to the sign, but seek instead, the sign-maker, who is Jesus himself. Faith in the sign-maker is an indispensable disposition, otherwise one would fall into the same error committed by the Jewish crowd. They did not want a mere signmaker but wanted Jesus to be their constant bread-provider. Rather than see material bread as a mere vehicle of revelation, they sought it for the limited satisfaction it brings and the temporary relief from physical hunger that it offers.
Lord Jesus, even as we experience hunger for material food, may we sense with greater intensity the existential hunger for the food that lasts unto eternal life. Amen.
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GOSPEL POWER l MAY 2, 2022
3rd Week of Easter I Saint Athanasius, bishop and doctor of the Church
Gospel: Jn 6:22-29
22The next day the crowd that had stayed on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there. They also saw that Jesus had not got into the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone. 23Then some boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. 24So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus. 25When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” 26Jesus answered them, “Very truly, I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. 27Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal.” 28Then they said to him, “What must we do to perform the works of God?” 29Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”
Signs are pointers that direct one’s attention to another reality. Jesus performed signs to enable his listeners to cross the barrier that separates the earthly realm from the heavenly realm, so that they might perceive here below the realities from above that he comes to reveal. He multiplied bread for the Jewish crowd to point to the superabundant and never-ending life that the heavenly Father desires to give them. But the barrier can be crossed only if one does not get attached to the sign, but seek instead, the sign-maker, who is Jesus himself. Faith in the sign-maker is an indispensable disposition, otherwise one would fall into the same error committed by the Jewish crowd. They did not want a mere signmaker but wanted Jesus to be their constant bread-provider. Rather than see material bread as a mere vehicle of revelation, they sought it for the limited satisfaction it brings and the temporary relief from physical hunger that it offers.
Lord Jesus, even as we experience hunger for material food, may we sense with greater intensity the existential hunger for the food that lasts unto eternal life. Amen.