Longing for the bread of life.
More often, we focus too much on how to get rich, how to satisfy all our human wants and forget about how become holy, how to satisfy our spiritual hunger and how to attain eternal life. To the Jewish who were following him after the multiplication of loaves, Jesus boldly advised them to desire and to work for the bread of eternal life. This is an invitation to us as well. Jesus invites us to base our entire life on the woks of God's kingdom or in seeking the eternal kingdom.
The foundation of such works is our total faith and surrender to Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Such a trend of life makes us unshakable amidst persecutions. When truly absorbed by the Holy Spirit, our wisdom is divine inspiration, and our visage appears like that of an angel.
Help us, Lord, to long for the bread that lasts for eternal life.
Fr. Georges R. Sac