April 22, 2026 Wednesday of the Third Week of Easter Gospel: John 6:35-40
Today is Wednesday of the Third Week of Easter. We continue to listen to Jesus’ discourse on the Bread of Life.
We are often anxious about our daily food. At times, we must expend much sweat to earn enough to support ourselves and our families. This is because we are concerned with our earthly life and with perishable food—the sustenance that allows us to subsist in this fleeting world—rather than with that Bread which comes down from heaven and endures unto eternal life, as Jesus teaches us (cf. John 6:26–27).
We frequently regard what we receive from the hands of the priest during the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass as merely ordinary barley bread and common wine. This is because we view the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ—consecrated by the priest in obedience to the Savior’s command and in continuity with His teaching—through merely human eyes. Thus, our thinking mirrors that of the crowd who approached Jesus in today’s Gospel: our knowledge of God remains superficial, not supernatural. Consequently, we perceive only ordinary bread and wine in the Eucharist, failing to see beyond them to the reality that grants deliverance from death.
In truth, when we receive the Body and Blood of Christ, the God who creates and governs all things comes to dwell in our hearts. He desires to converse with us in the depths of our soul. The Christ who comes down from heaven into our hearts does not seek His own will, but the will of Him who sent Him (cf. John 6:37). He enables us to live within the fullness of His grace, to renounce sin courageously, to reject the devil—the source of all evil—and all his works, and to clothe ourselves in humility, following Christ completely, so that through faith in Him we may attain eternal life.
Be present to your family, O Lord, we pray, and graciously ensure those you have endowed with the grace of faith an eternal share in the Resurrection of your Only Begotten Son. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever
這使我想到教宗聖保祿六世在梵蒂岡第二屆大公會議閉幕時頒佈的《天主子民信經（The Credo of the People of God）中對相信永生的論述：我們相信永生。我們相信一切在基督聖寵中死亡者的靈魂，乃死後在永恆中的天主子民，無論他們仍需在煉獄中淨化，或者如耶穌對右盜所做的一樣，在他們脫離肉身時就被衪帶到樂園；當復活之日這些靈魂重與他們的身體結合時，死亡就被完全征服。（參看：《天主子民的信經》，臺北，鐸聲月刊社，1968）
这使我想到教宗圣保禄六世在梵蒂冈第二届大公会议闭幕时颁布的《天主子民信经（The Credo of the People of God）中对相信永生的论述：我们相信永生。我们相信一切在基督圣宠中死亡者的灵魂，乃死后在永恒中的天主子民，无论他们仍需在炼狱中净化，或者如耶稣对右盗所做的一样，在他们脱离肉身时就被衪带到乐园；当复活之日这些灵魂重与他们的身体结合时，死亡就被完全征服。（参看：《天主子民的信经》，台北，铎声月刊社，1968）
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