Tuesday of Week 3 of Eastertide - John 6: 30-35

Daily Gospel Exegesis

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John 6: 30-35 - 'It is my Father who gives you the bread from heaven.'

Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:

- 1094 (in 'The Holy Spirit prepares for the reception of Christ') - It is on this harmony of the two Testaments that the Paschal catechesis of the Lord is built, and then, that of the Apostles and the Fathers of the Church. This catechesis unveils what lay hidden under the letter of the Old Testament: the mystery of Christ. It is called "typological" because it reveals the newness of Christ on the basis of the "figures" (types) which announce him in the deeds, words, and symbols of the first covenant. By this re-reading in the Spirit of Truth, starting from Christ, the figures are unveiled. Thus the flood and Noah's ark prefigured salvation by Baptism, as did the cloud and the crossing of the Red Sea. Water from the rock was the figure of the spiritual gifts of Christ, and manna in the desert prefigured the Eucharist, "the true bread from heaven."

- 423 (in 'The Good News: God has sent his Son') - We believe and confess that Jesus of Nazareth, born a Jew of a daughter of Israel at Bethlehem at the time of King Herod the Great and the emperor Caesar Augustus, a carpenter by trade, who died crucified in Jerusalem under the procurator Pontius Pilate during the reign of the emperor Tiberius, is the eternal Son of God made man. He 'came from God', 'descended from heaven', and 'came in the flesh'. For 'the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father. . . and from his fullness have we all received, grace upon grace.'

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0:00.0	Hi everyone. Welcome back to our daily gospel exegesis. We're looking today at John
0:18.6	Chapter 6, verses 30 to 35, continuing where we were in yesterday's
0:23.2	podcast. So John chapter 6 we are in. And today's mass reading starts this way. The people said to Jesus,
0:32.7	what sign will you give to show us that we shall believe in you?
0:38.2	What work will you do?
0:40.3	Our fathers had manner to eat in the desert.
0:42.9	As Scripture says, he gave them bread from heaven to eat.
0:47.6	Jesus answered, I tell you most solemnly.
0:50.9	It was not Moses who gave you bread from heaven.
0:53.8	It is my father who gives you the bread
0:55.9	from heaven. The true bread. For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives
1:02.9	life to the world. Sir, they said, give us this bread always. Jesus answered, I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be hungry.
1:16.4	He who believes in me will never thirst. So an interesting passage and the words here can be a bit
1:24.9	confusing because they're long sentences and the words are kind of used
1:28.9	in different ways in the same, often in the same sentence, as is often the case with the Gospel of
1:35.0	John, as you really have to dig into the words. So what's the context? If you've been following on
1:40.4	in the last few days with John chapter 6, you'll know that Jesus has just fed the
1:45.2	5,000, which was the day before, and now those people are actually chasing him across the lake
1:51.2	to the Sea of Copernum, and it appears they want to receive more food, because they know that
1:56.9	Jesus can multiply food. And so in the previous passages before the one we have today,
2:03.0	Jesus has told the crowds that they need to work for spiritual food that endures, not physical food.
2:09.5	And the last thing he said to them was, this is working for God. You must believe in the one he has sent.
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