11 Aug 2024
People Grow
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For 11 August 2024, The Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, based on John 6:41–51
The Jews began to complain about Jesus because he said, ‘I am the bread that came down from heaven.’ They were saying, ‘Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, “I have come down from heaven”?’ Jesus answered them, ‘Do not complain among yourselves. No one can come to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me; and I will raise that person up on the last day. It is written in the prophets, “And they shall all be taught by God.” Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me. Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father. Very truly, I tell you, whoever believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live for ever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.’
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Brigid Cannon, OP
12 August 2024 @ 1:51 am
Dear Sr. Kerstin Marie,
So grateful for your reflective and wise proclamation of the gospel. Being open to change, differences and learning to see people, places, and even our ministries helps us to grow more human and divine. And as you said it so well. “It is good not only for ourselves but for others as well and to become the face of Jesus.
Blessings of the Spirit on your preaching the Word,
Brigid Cannon, OP
Val
12 August 2024 @ 1:55 am
Wow that is just what I needed to hear today! Thank you for a profound interpretation of this Gospel passage.
Peggy
12 August 2024 @ 9:55 am
Thank you Sr. Kerstin-Marie.