Tuesday of the Third Week of Easter

Apr 16, 2024

Today’s Readings:

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041624.cfm

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The crowd said to Jesus:
“What sign can you do, that we may see and believe in you?
What can you do?
Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as it is written:

He gave them bread from heaven to eat.” …

… Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life;
whoever comes to me will never hunger,
and whoever believes in me will never thirst.”

from John 6:30-35

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Jesus is present to a crowd demanding a sign in order to believe. He tells them that he is “the Sign” standing right in their midst.

Rather than a sign being a prerequisite for faith, it is faith that must come first in order for us to reverence the signs of God in our lives.

Today, in God’s Lavish Mercy:

Jesus lives with us at the center of our lives. We might find it hard to believe that when life is frightening or painful.

Let’s pray today to receive God’s revelatory grace in whatever form it comes to us. Every moment of our lives is an invitation to the Truth.

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Poetry: from Rumi

When His light shines — without a veil — 
neither the sky remains nor the earth, 
not the sun, nor the moon.
God embraces all…there is nothing 
that is not a part of him already.

Remember God! 
His remembrance is the strength 
in the wings of the bird 
that is your soul

The souls of all friends of God 
are connected with one another

You must seek anything 
that you wish to find
Not so with the Friend…
You begin to seek 
after you find him.

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Music: David Lanz – Return to the Heart