Reflection for  FRIDAY, 3rd Week of Easter.

By

 

Fr. Aloysius Santiago sdb
Rector and Parish Priest
Don Bosco Shrine
Lingarajapuram, Bangalore

Feast of St. Dominic Savio 

Today's Gospel Verses 

John 6:52-59 

Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” 

Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.  For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.  Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.  This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”  He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum. 

Today's Reflection 

One of the things that the Scriptures talk about, whether it is in the Old Testament or the New Testament is about visions.

In those visions, God appeared to some people and talked with them as in an ordinary conversation between two persons.

And then there are some dramatic visions and the conversation are more serious in content.

In the 1st reading, there were two visions.

Saul heard a voice that identified itself as the Lord Jesus. The conversation was short but Saul knew there was a message for him.

And then the Lord appeared to a disciple Ananias in a vision. And Ananias knew that the Lord had a message for him and what the Lord wanted him to do.

We may not hear voices like Saul did, or have visions like Ananias had.

But the Word of God has a message for us.

Jesus speaks to us in the gospel and tells us that anyone who eats His flesh and drinks His blood is in union with Him in a spiritual and mystical way.

When we are in union with Jesus, we don't really need to hear voices or see visions.

From the Scriptures, we already hear His voice.

He had a message for each of us and it is about ourselves. May we listen and do what He wants of us.

GOD BLESS YOU 

Good morning. Have a nice safe day.

Happy feast of St. Dominic Savio whose motto was Death rather than sin