Reflections on Scripture | Monday of the Third Week of Easter
Join Msgr. Don Fischer as he reads and delivers a short reflection on today’s gospel, followed by 3 1/2 minutes of contemplative music and a closing prayer. Msgr. Don hopes that today’s reflection on the gospel will empower you to carry the Word in your heart throughout the day.
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4-24-23 Reflections on Scripture | Monday of the Third Week of Easter
Gospel
John 6:22-29
[After Jesus had fed the five thousand men, his disciples saw him walking on the sea.]
The next day, the crowd that remained across the sea
saw that there had been only one boat there,
and that Jesus had not gone along with his disciples in the boat,
but only his disciples had left.
Other boats came from Tiberias
near the place where they had eaten the bread
when the Lord gave thanks.
When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there,
they themselves got into boats
and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus.
And when they found him across the sea they said to him,
"Rabbi, when did you get here?"
Jesus answered them and said,
"Amen, amen, I say to you, you are looking for me
not because you saw signs
but because you ate the loaves and were filled.
Do not work for food that perishes
but for the food that endures for eternal life,
which the Son of Man will give you.
For on him the Father, God, has set his seal."
So they said to him,
"What can we do to accomplish the works of God?"
Jesus answered and said to them,
"This is the work of God, that you believe in the one he sent."
Reflection
This gospel opens our hearts to what the work of God really is. You look at the history of God working with human beings, and one of the things He did to manifest His love was to provide for their needs.
But that's not the work of God to make our life better or easier. The real work is that He wants you and me to believe. And he promises. Faith and faith is belief. It's a gift. It's the work of God.
The Closing prayer
Father, we can't make ourselves believe something, but we can say we're open to receiving it. Bless us with that kind of trust and openness in this message, that believes that it's true without understanding how or where or what it really fully is. Give us that kind of faith. Amen.