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TUESDAY, THIRD WEEK OF EASTERTIDE<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Acts 7: 51–8:1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ps 31: 3-8, 17, 21\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jn 6: 30-35<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n THE SOLE BREAD FOR THE SOUL<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n In today\u2019s Gospel, the crowd asks Jesus for a sign. They remember the manna in the desert and want proof that He can provide again. Jesus responds by lifting their eyes from the past to the present: \u201cIt was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven; my Father gives you the true bread.\u201d Then comes the heart of the revelation: \u201cI am the bread of life.\u201d The people are hungry, but they do not yet understand the depth of their hunger. They think of bread that fills the stomach; Jesus speaks of bread that fills the soul. The manna sustained Israel for a day, but it could not give eternal life. Jesus offers Himself as the living Bread who alone satisfies the deepest longing of the human heart.<\/p>\r\n \u00a0<\/p>\r\n Saint John of the Cross helps us grasp this mystery. He teaches that the soul is created for God alone, and therefore nothing created can fully satisfy it. When we cling to comforts, achievements, or even spiritual consolations, we remain restless and hungry. In the Ascent of Mount Carmel, John of the Cross insists that only when the soul is purified of lesser attachments can it receive God as its true nourishment.<\/p>\r\n \u00a0<\/p>\r\n Jesus says, \u201cWhoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.\u201d Yet coming to Him and believing in Him does not always feel sweet. Often it leads us through dryness, silence, and the experience of the \u201cdark night.\u201d This is not God abandoning us, but God removing false bread so that we may hunger only for Him. The dark night teaches us to live by faith alone. In the Eucharist, Christ gives us this Bread of Life in a visible and sacramental way. He desires to become our daily nourishment through prayer, surrender, and trust. To feed on Christ is to allow Him to become our strength when everything else fails. Let us ask ourselves: what bread am I seek to satisfy my hunger? May we dare to let go of what does not last, so that Christ alone may be our food, our joy, and our life forever.<\/p>\r\n \u00a0<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n Response: Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n Copyright \u00a92026 \u00a9Springs of Living Water\u00a0 http:\/\/springs.carmelmedia.in<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TUESDAY, THIRD WEEK OF EASTERTIDE \u00a0 Acts 7: 51–8:1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ps 31: 3-8, 17, 21\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jn 6: 30-35 \u00a0 THE SOLE BREAD FOR THE SOUL \u00a0 In today\u2019s Gospel, the crowd asks Jesus for a sign. They remember the manna in the desert and want proof that He can provide again. Jesus responds by lifting their … <\/p>\n
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