Tuesday of the Third Week of Easter (4.28.2020)



In this morning’s gospel reading, the people ask Jesus what sign he will give to show them that they should believe in him, in spite of the fact that he had just fed them with bread and fish in the wilderness. Jesus does not answer their question. He does not meet their demand. We cannot make demands on Jesus which have to be met before we believe in him. Our relationship with him does not work in that way. The crowd were trying to bargain with Jesus: "Do one more sign and we will believe in you". We cannot bargain with the Lord in that way. Instead of granting the crowd’s request, Jesus declares himself to be the bread of life and promises that those who come to him will never be hungry. They are being challenged to take Jesus at his word. This is the essence of believing in Jesus! We are to take Jesus at his word and to respond to him accordingly. This morning we are being asked to recognize Jesus as the bread of life, the one who can satisfy our deepest hungers, and, on the basis of that recognition, to come to him and to keep on coming to him all the days of our life • AE



«¿Qué señal haces para que viéndola creamos en ti? ¿Qué obra realizas?» así de exigentes, incrédulos e impertinentes aquellos que estaban con Jesús. ¿Les ha parecido poco el signo de la multiplicación de los panes y los peces obrada el día anterior? ¿Por qué ayer querían proclamar rey a Jesús y hoy ya no le creen? ¡Qué inconstante es a menudo el corazón humano! Decía san Bernardo de Claraval: «Los impíos andan alrededor, porque naturalmente, quieren dar satisfacción al apetito, y neciamente despreciar el modo de conseguir el fin». Así sucedía en tiempos del Señor: sumergidos en una visión materialista, pretendían que alguien les alimentara y solucionara sus problemas, pero no querían creer; eso era todo lo que les interesaba de Jesús. ¿No nos sucede lo mismo hoy a nosotros? ¿No es a veces nuestra fe utilitarista y hasta un tanto convenenciera?... “¡Señor, danos siempre de este pan!”: que estas palabras del evangelio de esta mañana las podamos decir llenas de sinceridad, de gratitud; con amor, con el deseo vivir unidos a Él para siempre • AE

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