AUGUST 8, 2021
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus:
the beginning and end of our lives
Jesus is God and He is the Son of God as
well. He is the human heart in the Blessed Trinity. While he was on earth, he
was all about the Heavenly Father’s business. He is always obedient to his
Heavenly Father. His loyalty and fidelity to the purpose of his Father in
heaven is astounding. It is never about Jesus himself. Jesus does not bring
others to him for his sake only. He knows that he is the way the truth and the
life to the Heavenly Father. He tries his utmost to allow us to see his loving
intimate relationship with his Father. He is fully obedient in fulfilling the
will of his father in heaven. In Today’s Gospel John 6: 41-51, Jesus is again
attempting to prove to the people that his father is completely in control of
his own life on earth. He tells them, “I am the bread that came down from
heaven.” They could not believe what he was saying, because they knew him
growing up in his village. How can a human whom they saw growing up claim to
have come down to earth from heaven? May Saint Kateri Tekakwitha in Jesus help
us to prioritize our lives in putting Jesus and his kingdom first in our lives.
You are blessed and sacred in Jesus.
