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Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Hundred Islands, Philippines

“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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Monday, April 27, 2020
kami juga membawa bekal dalam perjalanan, Hundred Islands, Philippines


Rakus membuat kami terus lapar
Akan banyak hal
Mulai dari makanan
Coba yang ini lalu yang itu

Tiada hari tanpa ingin yang baru
Seolah-olah tak ada yang mengenyangkan
Cicip satu belum kenyang juga
Nikmati yang lain belum puas juga

Kami memang rakus
Makanya kami tak pernah kenyang
Entah mengapa
Kami selalu menyantap yang tak mengenyangkan

Tuhan, Engkau tahu
Kami hanya penikmat nafsu
Dan hanya Engkau sendiri yang tahu
Cara mengenyangkan kami

Terima kasih Tuhan
Engkau memberi kami Sabda-Mu
Sebagai bekal yang mengenyangkan
Makanan yang tidak akan membuat kami lapar kami

Yesus Engkau juga tahu
Ke mana hati kami berlabuh
Kalau bukan kepada makanan yang tak mengenyangkan
Arahkanlah hati kami kepada Sabda-Mu
Sebagai sumber kekenyangan kami

Tuhan, buatlah kami kenyang selamanya
Dengan Sabda-Mu itu
Agar kami tak perlu banyak mencoba lagi
Cukup menikmati hidangan spiritual dari-Mu

Luruskanlah pencarian kami kepada Sabda-Mu
Agar kami tidak terus berjalan
Mencari yang tidak mengenyangkan
Yang membuat kami terus menikmati hidangan tak memuaskan itu

Bantulah kami Tuhan
Untuk mencari hanya makanan yang dari-Mu saja
Yang sekali dinikmati langsung mengenyangkan
Semoga kami selalu setia menikmatinya melalui perjamuan Ekaristi-Mu

Terima kasih Tuhan
Untuk Sabda-Mu
Untuk Tubuh dan Darah-Mu
Untuk makanan yang mengenyangkan kami

Mecit 27/04/20
GA

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Monday, April 27, 2020


Hundred Islands, Philippines

Yesterday, I saw the children came together in front of our gate. They noticed that my friend just arrived home. Usually, he brings them something to eat. The biscuits or something like that. That is what the children want and like it very much. They come because they want to receive something that good for them. While playing with them, he calls them one by one and gives that one.

We probably passed this joyful moment when we were children. As a human being, that experience remains as a part of our daily life. Sometimes, we do like that in the relationship with God. When we have a problem, we try to search for God. We believed that God can help us. Only in that moment that we really need God. After it passes away, we come back in our nature, forget God easily.

Today’s Gospel helps us to reflect on our relationship with Jesus. He reminds us to find “the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you.” That food comes from God. It means we need to find something that comes from God. Not about our desire, but the desire that comes from Him. That food is what God wants us to have.

Here, we are invited to purify our desire to search for God. If we want Him only when we need it, we are the same as the children who come to our gate to receive something. Ideally, we need to find God because we love Him. We want to receive that pure love of Him. Have a nice day.  

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