August 2024

19th Sunday Ordinary Time 1 Kings 19:4-8 Ephesians 4:30, 5:2 John 6:41-51   Text/Context If we dissect the words of Jesus like “No one can come to me unless the father who sent me will draw him” and “Everyone who listens to the Father comes to me” Literally it appears that we have to be called by God the Father first before we can go to Jesus or before we may believe in Jesus It appears that the Father has to decide first as to who will be counted among us to become the followers of Jesus This is a […]

18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15 Ephesians 4:17, 20-24 John 6:24-35 A. Text/Context • The setting of our gospel today brings us to the events after Jesus multiplied the bread and a multitude of 5 thousand people were relieved of their hunger • And now with Jesus doing miracles multiplying bread by hundreds of thousands to feed hungry people, it becomes a problem • People would trail him wherever he goes perhaps to get a good share again of the bonanza of eating for free and they also mixed with the faithful followers of his teachings • So […]