True Meal

True bread.

52 The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us [his] flesh to eat?” 53 Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. 54 Whoever eats[a] my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. 57 Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever.” 59 These things he said while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.-John6:52-59

In the gospel reading, Jesus specifically mentioned that His flesh and blood are true food and drink. It is saddening that some take the Eucharist for granted, not knowing how much grace it gives to any person who takes it. However, the Eucharist, the Word and the Church must go hand in hand. What we learn from the Church, what we contemplated and meditated on the Word, and partaking of the Eucharist must abound and exist in our life. We have to cooperate with God, His will and plan so that our life will be meaningful.

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The Word became flesh

The Word became flesh and dwelt amongst us.

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome[a] it.

6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.

9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth... -John1:1-18

"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us." The Word may be enough for some, but the Word became flesh isn't it? As the Word became flesh in Jesus, He left us tangible acts in memory of Him primarily through the Eucharist. And through the Eucharist, Jesus is made alive, the Cross became real, the Sacrifice was relived again. What is the Word without the Eucharist, and what is the Eucharist without the Word?

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