Week 38 - The Journey
"As a result of this, many [of] his disciples returned to their former way of life and no longer accompanied him. Jesus then said to the Twelve, "Do you also want to leave?" Simon Peter answered him, "Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God." Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you twelve? Yet is not one of you a devil?" He was referring to Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot; it was he who would betray him, one of the Twelve." John 6:66-71
Eternal life. Peter's response to Jesus is very telling. He has come to know the Messiah but he is still conflicted. His humanity is trying to reconcile what Jesus is saying. How can I eat His flesh and drink His blood. That isn't humanely possible yet he knows He is the Holy One of God. "Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him." John 6:53-56
"As a result of this, many [of] his disciples returned to their former way of life and no longer accompanied him. Jesus then said to the Twelve, "Do you also want to leave?" Simon Peter answered him, "Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God." Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you twelve? Yet is not one of you a devil?" He was referring to Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot; it was he who would betray him, one of the Twelve." John 6:66-71
Eternal life. Peter's response to Jesus is very telling. He has come to know the Messiah but he is still conflicted. His humanity is trying to reconcile what Jesus is saying. How can I eat His flesh and drink His blood. That isn't humanely possible yet he knows He is the Holy One of God. "Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him." John 6:53-56
Peter never left Jesus, he doubted, he questioned, he voiced his concerns and he was on stable ground. He had come to know that nothing is impossible for God, he needs to work on his acceptance of the Word of God.
How many in these days find these words hard to comprehend and using their human intellect walk away from Truth. God knows exactly where we are at, knows what to say to engage us into a deeper relationship. Peter was there even in the chaos of his day. Do you believe what the Son of God is saying to you, have you walked away from truth, is He Master or are you master?
What is God saying to me? It is hard for a reason, Faith can't be activated without supernatural belief.
Mary, Mother of Eternal Life, Pray for us.
St Joesph, Most Pure, Pray for us.
Viva Cristo Rey
Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. 1 John 4:4b
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