Commentary on the Gospel of

Fr. Johnson Joseph Thurackal CMF
We continue to reflect on the message: Jesus is the bread of life.  Mere seeing does not necessarily lead to belief.  It is not true that ‘seeing is believing’.  One famous writer once pointed out that the opposite is paradoxically closer to the truth: ‘Believing is seeing!  If one believes, one is more likely to see. What the believers would be seeing, then, is truly what God wants them to see in Jesus. They will see that Jesus is doing the works of the Father. This will give them more assurance of God’s presence and strengthen their closeness to Jesus. They will learn from Jesus to do God’s will as Jesus’ goal was to do God’s will.
Finally, they will see that it is worthwhile to entrust their lives to him who said ‘he would not lose even one person whom the Father had given him.’ The first reading introduces us to Paul at his worst, and offers a foil to the mystery of his conversion which he narrates later.  It is interesting that Paul or Saul was not an evil man, only a misguided one.  And while Saul arrests the Jews, we read of great rejoicing among the Samaritans who embrace the faith. The Word as well as faith in Jesus extends to the whole world despite objections and obstacles

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