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Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Jn 6:24-35 |
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| Background: Today the cycle of readings turns away from the more realistic stories of Mark and towards the mystical reflections of John, an abrupt change and one that is perhaps difficult to cop with. The dialogue between Jesus and those who question him is obviously both theological and eucharistic in its intent. It also emphasizes that human desire is ultimately for God and that the Eucharist is the efficacious symbol of God’s response. Just as we hunger for food and hunger for our human lovers, so also we hunger for God. The former love reveals the latter. |
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Story: Once upon a time there were two young people who fell in love at a resort in the middle of summer. They were convinced that this affection was the love of their life. They promised that they would love each other forever. They would write to one another after they went back to college, they would attend each other’s homecoming dances in the fall, they would see one another at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Their hungry love would always flourish. Alas, as the cynical Brazilian proverb puts it love is forever but it does not last. By Christmas their eternal love was forgotten. Eventually they married other lovers and forgot about one another. Almost. There was always a little part of their memories in which the other remained. It was foolish summer love, they realized, but it had been too sweet to forget completely. Many, many years later when both their families were raised and they were a widow and a widower they met again and fell in love again – or perhaps discovered the corner of their memories where the love persisted. And so, although they were now much older, they married and lived happily ever after, even though ever after was only a few more years. Some love, you see, does last |
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