Day 20: Eat All You Can

The gospel for today was about Jesus being the Bread that gives eternal life. The priest in his homily spoke of many advertisement that satisfy our momentary needs. None of them advertise that they give eternal life. Only Jesus gives eternal life.

First plate

Reading John 18 I came across how hard men's hearts can be. When they came to arrest Jesus, Jesus asked them, "Whom do you seek?" The men answered, "Jesus of Nazareth". It is interesting to note that they did not say, "We come to arrest you." In the other accounts of this scene, Judas kissed Jesus to identify Jesus from the others.

Another plate

When Jesus said, "I am he", John wrote that they "went backward and fell to the ground". So what was in what Jesus said that made them step back and fall to the ground? What is translated as "I am he" is literally, "I am". Jesus spoke God's name. In doing so, he was revealing himself as God. But Jesus asked again, "Whom do you seek?" Their reply was the same.

God reveals himself clearly. Jesus clearly said they were looking for him. BUT they would not still believe. This scene shows us that not everyone who know the name of Jesus is his disciple. Not everyone who looks for Jesus want to be his disciple.

Many people, sad to say, are searching for Jesus and know him as God. But when confronted with the truth, they would not accept the truth. They keep pretending they do not know. I sometimes fall into this trap and may God forgive me. May he open my eyes so I can truly see him.

At the end of the mass, the mystery of the relic on the cross was revealed. It was from the cross of Jesus. What is interesting is that at the start of the mass, no one paid any attention to the cross. But after that, a lot of people flocked to the cross.

For lunch, we went to Saisaki to celebrate my son's graduation. Food was excellent and it was eat all you can. It is very interesting to note that the gospel was about Jesus being the bread that gives eternal life and here we are, eating all we can eat.

Well, all the food in the world may satisfy temporarily. But only Jesus the True Bread of Life can satisfy for eternity. The good thing about this is like the buffet, we can eat this Bread all that we can.

May we learn to turn to the Lord and seek him because only he can give eternal life.