Homily (Reflection) for Friday of the
Third Week of Easter (20th April, 2018) on the Gospel
Acts 9:1-20;
Ps 116. (R. Mk 16:15);Jn 6:52-59.
Topic: The Hard Truth.
Recall that Jesus said in yesterday’s gospel, “I am the
living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live
forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh”
(Jn 6:51). In today’s gospel, His
audience disputed, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” And Jesus emphatically
responded,
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. Those who eat my flesh and
drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day; for
my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. Those who eat my flesh and
drink my blood abide in me, and I in them.
I believe we still remember the consequence of not abiding in
Jesus:
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by
itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. If
a man does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch and withers; and the
branches are gathered, thrown into the fire and burned (Jn 15:4, 6).
It is evident how grievous is the consequence of not eating
the body and drinking the blood of Christ. Nevertheless, those who eat and drink in an
unworthy manner are guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord, cf. 1Cor 11:27. We are all therefore called
to eat and drink, but worthily.
Bible Reading: 1Cor 10:16; Jn 15:1-15.
Thought for today: Eat and drink worthily to live.
Let us pray: Eucharistic Lord, help us not just to
eat your body and drink your blood but also to do them worthily – Amen.
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