“Growing in our love for Jesus in the Most Holy Eucharist – the Bread of Life!”

(Based on Acts 8:26-40 and Jn 6:44-51 – Thursday of the Third Week in Easter)

Saint Mother Teresa was known for her immense devotion to the Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist.

She found her strength for her services of mercy, by being united and spending time with the Eucharistic Lord…
… everyday!

She has spoken very beautifully about the Holy Eucharist:
She says: “When Jesus came into the world, he loved it so much that he gave His Life for it.

He wanted to satisfy our hunger for God.
And what did He do?
He made himself the ‘Bread of Life.’

He became small, fragile and defenseless for us.
Bits of bread can be so small that…
… even a small child can chew it!
… even a dying person can eat it!”

Have we discovered our Love for this “Precious Bread of Life?”

The Sixth Chapter of the Gospel of St John can be called as “the great discourse on the Bread of Life”

Jesus declares, “I am the bread of life” (Jn 6:48)

The Lord says, “No one can come to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me” (Jn 6:44)

Our attraction to the Eucharist is not merely a personal devotion…
… it is a Divine initiative
… it is a Holy gift

Every desire to receive Holy Communion and every longing for Holy Adoration, is the Father already gently pulling the soul toward Jesus Christ.

Do I recognize my Eucharistic hunger as a grace…
… or do I reduce it to routine?

It is in the Holy Eucharist, that the Lord offers the Bread of Life – this imperishable food and salvation – to each of us.

What is our perception and passion towards this True Life that Jesus offers in the Holy Eucharist?

Do I remain indifferent to believing in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist?

Do I fail to prepare myself well to receive Jesus, in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass?
Do I become unmindful or even disrespectful to the Presence of the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, in the Chapels and in the Churches?

The detailed meditation in John 6 on the “the great discourse on the Bread of Life” is a call to deepen our faith and zeal for Jesus in the Most Holy Eucharist.

It is this devotion and union with the Lord, alone, that can make us also, in turn, a Eucharistic people – breaking and giving ourselves – for the welfare and salvation of the world!

In the book of the Acts of the Apostles, Philip…
… inspired by an Angel of the Lord reaches out to a royal official – an Ethiopian eunach – and delivers the Word of God and the Salvific Message of the Risen Lord.

When we have a deep passion for the Lord in our hearts, we too will reach out the Message of God’s Love and Mercy to the world around us.

May the words of St Francis de Sales inspire us:
“When the bee has gathered the dew of heaven and the earth’s sweetest nectar from the flowers, it turns it into honey, then hastens to its hive.

In the same way, the priest, having taken from the Altar, the Son of God (who is as the dew from heaven, and true son of Mary, flower of our humanity)…
… gives Him to you as Delicious Food!”

Let us seek to satisfy our hunger for God…
… by growing in our love for Jesus in the Most Holy Eucharist – the Bread of Life!”

God Bless! Live Jesus!