Today we finish our series of readings from Chapter 6 of John’s Gospel, in which he sets out the centrality of the Eucharist in our relationship with Jesus (Jn 6:60-69). Next week we return to Mark’s Gospel. We might expect at this point that John would finish with a flourish – maybe the Father speaking […]
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In the readings of the last few weeks, John has been gradually building his story of what it means for Jesus to be the source of eternal life and how this is linked with his feeding us. Jesus has already told his listeners that the food that he provides comes from heaven and is better
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This week Jesus doubles down on his claim to be the bread from heaven (Jn 6:41-51). Better than the manna that provided a meal for hungry Israelites in the desert, his food provides eternal life. The people around him found this claim hard to swallow 😊. They knew this guy, it made no sense to
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We heard how Jesus was sorry for the crowd because “they were like sheep without a shepherd”, and he taught them. They continued following him around (like sheep?) and he fed them. So of course they keep following him (Jn 6:24-35). Now he starts to push them to do more than follow like sheep, or
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