In John's Gospel, we have the immortal words of Christ promising us the blessed Eucharist. "He who comes to me will never hunger. He who believes in me will never thirst. I am the bread of life. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life and I will raise him up on the last day. Unless you eat the flesh of the son of man and drink his blood, you shall not have life in you. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me and I in him. My flesh is real food. My blood is real drink." These are extraordinary words and yet we read that many of the disciples could not accept those hard sayings and walked away and no longer walked with him. I wonder how they lived. Did they live, fulfilled, happy lives on this earth ? Did they miss him?

We are on a journey down here in this valley of tears. There is a woman in our lives, but we know who she is. Mary, our life, our sweetness and our hope. The Church reminds us that our lady must be in our lives under two headings. As our mother and as a model.

In the measure in which our Christian life and service are centered in ourselves, in that measure we shall experience spiritual death - in spite of our baptism and in spite of our Traditional Catholic beliefs.

Sin has consequences, yet people often condemn the consequences that have arisen as a result of sin and treat them as sin.

A consequence may lead to more sin, but the consequence itself is not a sin. It is the result of sin.

Many have the wrong idea that God the Father is a very strict Person and that it is only Jesus Who loves them. This is a distortion of the truth. It was the love of the Father that sent Jesus to save us from our sins. Jesus told His disciples, "The Father Himself loveth you" (John 16:27).

We can learn from precious children. They are God's gift of encouragement, God's assurance of His investment in the future, and God's instruments of example to adults.

We all have burdens and many people have Yokes, but a Christian has a yoke that comes from Christ himself. That is why Jesus said, "My yoke is sweet and pleasant and easy and my burden is light."

We live in a victim society and people like to wear their status of "victim" like a badge of honor. While your status of victim might bring you much sympathy and you may be called a hero for openly showing the hurts, God expects you to take responsibility for submitting that brokenness to him so he can repair it and use you.

A balanced Christian life is one that looks in three directions:

1. Upward - in worship and devotion to God and to the Lord Jesus Christ.

2. Inward - as a result of seeing the glory of Christ, discovering un-Christ like areas in one's life and repenting of them.

3. Outward - seeking to fulfill God's will on earth, by being a blessing to others.