19TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME......"I AM THE BREAD COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN"............

 Catholic-Christian Disciples of Jesus, believe that the Bread of Life spoken of in John 6:33; is truly and transubtantially,  Christ Himself, Son of God, Sent by the Father, and Born into the World, to be, "Flesh for the Life of the World".  That is the message and the good news we hear proclaimed and preached on this 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time.  The Jewish People with whom Jesus was interacting and discussing this prophetic proclamation with in the Bread of Life Discourse in the sixth chapter of John's Gospel, the premier passage of our understanding and theology of the Eucharist; were hungering for a Messiah, who would deliver them personally and politically, from the oppression they endured.  They needed and wanted, a New Moses, who would feed and fulfill their hunger, just as their forefather Moses fed them with Manna miraculously provided.  As eager as they were to see if Jesus indeed was the one they awaited and would make their king, when Jesus proclaimed Himself to the Bread of Life they sought, they were offended.  And as Jesus continues to discuss this with them he goes even further when He tells them God the Father sent Him and then totally dazes them with the proclamation that whereas the miraculous Manna did not provide everlasting life, whereas He does.  The key essential in understanding and accepting these words of Jesus and all His Teachings is, Believing that He is definitely the One.   The Faith we possess and nurture; the Faith we profess and practice;  the ongoing, everyday, opportunities we make and take to build a closer union with Jesus as the One sent by God the Father, and who is the Bread of Eternal Life............Fr.  Troy