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“I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” (John 6: 35)
If we are hungry, we still alive. So, we need food to eat. If we are not hungry anymore, we are sick. Maybe we have a problem. This morning, I gave some mangoes to the students. I know that they want to eat it. I want them—like me also—to enjoy it. They eat fruits not every day. So, it is better for them—even sometime—to take some fruit.
Yesterday and today we still talk about the food. Jesus stresses more on spiritual food. Every day we need food. We have to eat. But, why Jesus said that “Whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.”? Of course, we need food to eat. The more we eat, the more we feel hungry. So, we eat again. This is our rhythm of life.
What Jesus said here is not about the food that we eat only one time and we will not feel hungry anymore. Not like this. Of course, we need to eat every day. So, Jesus invites us to eat the food that comes from Him. This food makes us not feel hungry anymore. We need to eat so that we don’t feel hungry. The same as this spiritual food. We need to eat it so that we satisfy.
We give thanks to Jesus who provides this food for us. We are invited to receive it every day. We need to come to Him in the Mass (for example). Don’t worry if now we can’t go to the Church for Mass. If you desire to meet the Lord, you are united with Him. There, we meet Him, listen to his Word, speaks with Him in prayer, and receive Him in Holy Communion. So, let us eat food that makes us satisfied.
May our heart continues to be hungry for God’s bread. He always waits for us, “Come and eat your food here.” Have a nice day.
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