18th Sunday of Ordinary Time

 Raining Bread from Heaven  Ex. 16:2-15; Jn. 6:24-35; 

It seems as if no one is happy anymore. 

There’s always something to complain about. 

The Israelites were always complaining. 

They complained they were slaves so God set them free. 

They complained that Pharaoh was chasing them,

So God split the Red Sea in two. 

They complained there was no water,

So God gave them water from the rock. 

And they are complained there was no food,

So God gave them Bread from Heaven. 

When they awoke in the morning,

Dew covered the ground 

And when it lifted there was Manna,

Bread from Heaven to eat till they could eat no more. 

Then Jesus came along and gave them the Real Bread from Heaven;

But some of them grumbled. 

“How can this Man give us His Flesh to eat?”

So they walked away. 

While Their fathers ate Manna in the desert and died;

Jesus is offered them the Real Bread from Heaven

His very Flesh to eat. 

And those who eat it will never die,

For He will raise them up on the Last Day. 

At this very Mass,

The Holy Spirit is going to come down like the Dewfall.  

And through the Power of the Holy Spirit,

And the words of the priest,

Jesus is going to offer us His very Flesh to eat. 

The True Bread come down from Heaven. 

But how many believe it is really the Flesh of Jesus

They are receiving?

Not very many. 

Because if they did,

The church would be Standing Room Only. 

Instead they choose to feed on other things that will only leave them hungry 

And will do nothing for them when they are in the grave. 

Jesus is the Bread of Life come DOWN from Heaven

So that we can go UP to Heaven on the Last Day.