They shall all be taught by God. So whoever listens and learns from the Father comes
to me. For no one has seen the Father except the One who comes from God; he has
seen the Father. Truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. I am the bread
of life. Though your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, they died. But here you
have the bread from heaven, so that you may eat of it, and not die. I am the living bread
from heaven; whoever eats of this bread will live forever. The bread I shall give is my
flesh, and I will give it for the life of the world.”

Reflect


Living bread from heaven.” Jesus offered himself for the salvation of the world. Today’s
Gospel makes this assertion clearer. Jesus was sent by the Father to save the world.
Jesus came from God. He is the bread that came down from heaven. In and from
eternity, Jesus is turned to God and is always at the Father’s side (cf. Jn. 1:1- 2; 18).
Through Jesus, God is revealed. Jesus revealed God as a loving Father. Jesus is sent
by the father. He is the living bread from heaven. Hence, it is through him that we now
have access to heavenly things. It is through Jesus that we can now call God as Father
and relate with him as a family. The question is: are we using this divine accessibility?
Is our relationship with God now familial? Or is it still transactional? The good works
we do must now be our response to God’s goodness for making us members of his
family. Doing something good must no longer be seen as a mere obligation but an
acting out of who we really are. When we are able to nourish other people, it is
because we have already become, like Jesus, a piece of bread broken and shared.

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