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On this Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, we read a passage in the Gospel of John that has come to be known as “The Bread of Life Discourse.” The following is the main part of this discourse and begins with Jesus talking to people who were following him:
“Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him the Father, God, has set his seal.” So, they said to him, “What can we do to accomplish the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in the one he sent.” So, they said to him, “What sign can you do, that we may see and believe in you? What can you do? Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'” So, Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave the bread from heaven; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” So, they said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.” Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst” (John 6: 27-35).
For over 2,100 years, Catholic Christians have treasured Jesus’ greatest gift he gave us, the gift of himself in the Blessed Sacrament.
In the above photo, we see a group of children and youth from the Curarén community of El Portillo del Viento who received their First Communion in the Mass. The name of this community’s church is called San Antonio de Padua.
