"BREAD FOR THE LIFE OF THE WORLD" THAT IS TRULY THE BODY OF CHRIST............

Believing in Jesus as the Christ, who came down from Heaven and is the life of the World, on this 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time we are summoned by the Sacred Scriptures specifically John 6:51-58; as we  celebrate the Eucharist, to become sharers beyond our human understanding in the life of Jesus as people of living Faith.  Throughout his Public Ministry Jesus consistently proclaimed the coming of God's Kingdom and how near at hand it is.  The Kingdom of God lives in us and is nourished and nurtured by our sharing in the imperishable bread that feeds us spiritually and sacramentally, the Bread of Life that is the Body of Christ.  Jesus is the Living Bread who comes down from the Kingdom of God in Eternal Life to feed us, so that we we can become fully alive as believers in and witnesses to the Kingdom, empowered to share the promise of everlasting life Jesus leads us to discover.  By sharing the Eucharist on Sunday with other members of the Community of Believers and bearing Witness to our belief in Jesus as the Bread of Life for us everyday, we are able to feed others and encourage them to discover Jesus as the sustaining bread of their lives.  May the grace of God's Word and the sustenance of the Holy Eucharist nourish and strengthen us in believing, celebrating, and proclaiming, the Bread of Life that is our food and fuel on earth, so that we may share forever in the Eternal Banquet of God's Communion in heaven............Fr.  Troy