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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;line-height:normal;"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;Georgia, serif;">The Bread of Life
Discourse</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;line-height:normal;"><a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/081824.cfm"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;Georgia, serif;">JN 6:51-58</span></strong></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;line-height:normal;"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;Georgia, serif;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;Georgia, serif;color:#000000;background:#FFFFFF;">Jesus said to the crowds:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;Georgia, serif;color:#000000;background:#FFFFFF;">"I am the living bread that came down from
heaven;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;Georgia, serif;color:#000000;background:#FFFFFF;">whoever eats this bread will live forever;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;Georgia, serif;color:#000000;background:#FFFFFF;">and the bread that I will give</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;Georgia, serif;color:#000000;background:#FFFFFF;">is my flesh for the life of the world."</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;Georgia, serif;background:#FFFFFF;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;Georgia, serif;color:#000000;background:#FFFFFF;">The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;Georgia, serif;color:#000000;background:#FFFFFF;">"How can this man give us his flesh to
eat?"</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;Georgia, serif;color:#000000;background:#FFFFFF;">Jesus said to them,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;Georgia, serif;color:#000000;background:#FFFFFF;">"Amen, amen, I say to you,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;Georgia, serif;color:#000000;background:#FFFFFF;">unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and
drink his blood,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;Georgia, serif;color:#000000;background:#FFFFFF;">you do not have life within you.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;Georgia, serif;color:#000000;background:#FFFFFF;">Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;Georgia, serif;color:#000000;background:#FFFFFF;">has eternal life,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;Georgia, serif;color:#000000;background:#FFFFFF;">and I will raise him on the last day.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;Georgia, serif;color:#000000;background:#FFFFFF;">For my flesh is true food,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;Georgia, serif;color:#000000;background:#FFFFFF;">and my blood is true drink.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;Georgia, serif;color:#000000;background:#FFFFFF;">Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;Georgia, serif;color:#000000;background:#FFFFFF;">remains in me and I in him.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;Georgia, serif;color:#000000;background:#FFFFFF;">Just as the living Father sent me</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;Georgia, serif;color:#000000;background:#FFFFFF;">and I have life because of the Father,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;Georgia, serif;color:#000000;background:#FFFFFF;">so also the one who feeds on me</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;Georgia, serif;color:#000000;background:#FFFFFF;">will have life because of me.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;Georgia, serif;color:#000000;background:#FFFFFF;">This is the bread that came down from heaven.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;Georgia, serif;color:#000000;background:#FFFFFF;">Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;Georgia, serif;color:#000000;background:#FFFFFF;">whoever eats this bread will live forever."</span><br /></p>
MEET OUR EXTENDED FAMILY
St. Ignatius of Antioch (Feast Day October 17)
d. 107
Ignatius was born in Syria and was a convert to Christianity. In the year 107, Emperor Trajan visited Antioch and forced the Christians there to choose between death and apostasy (denying the Christian faith). Ignatius would not deny Christ and thus was condemned to be put to death in Rome. Ignatius allowed soldiers to bind him in a rickety cart and lead him to Rome for martyrdom. As his cart rolled into towns, local bishops and Christians came to meet and encourage him.
Ignatius is well known for the seven letters he wrote on the long journey from Antioch to Rome. They urge the Christians there to remain faithful to God and to obey their superiors. He was very concerned with unity in the Church; the letters warn against heretical doctrines, providing solid truths of the Christian faith. Ignatius also wrote that Christ was present in the Church, in each member, and in the Blessed Sacrament. He called himself “the bearer of God.” Ignatius was devoured by wild beasts in the Roman amphitheater.
TAKE TIME TO CHAT
· Why is the Eucharist important to you?
· In the Gospel, we see people not understanding what Jesus is teaching. Who do you turn to when you don’t understand matters or teachings of the faith? Why? Who else could assist you?
· What are ways that you can remain in Jesus and stay close to him?
· What inspires you about St. Ignatius of Antioch?
FAMILY FUN
Bubble Fun
Jesus is the living bread that came down from heaven. Today, make some bubbles and send them up to heaven. You can use bubbles from the store or make your own solution and wand.
4 cups warm water
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup blue Dawn dish soap
Whisk the sugar into the warm water until the sugar dissolves. Whisk in dish soap. Let the homemade bubbles sit for a couple of hours for best results. Make your own wand with one of the following:
Fly swatter
Plastic cup: Punch a hole in the bottom to blow through. Dip the large open end into the solution.
Plastic soft drink bottles: Cut the bottom off the bottle and dip. Use the lid end of the bottle to blow.
Pipe cleaners: Create just about any shape you like from a pipe cleaner, just make sure you keep a small section as a handle.
Plastic
funnel: This already has a natural shape for a bubble wand. Using the large end
to dip and the small end to blow.
RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Celebration Ice Cream Cake
Celebrate Jesus with this delicious cake!
For
Cake:
1 store bought Angel food cake (you can also use a chiffon tube cake)
3 pints of ice cream (Choose 3 flavors that work well together. There are so many possibilities, but some ideas include: coffee, maple walnut, and chocolate chip; mint chip, chocolate, and vanilla; strawberry, vanilla, and lemon.
Large soup spoon for scooping ice cream from pint and knife or spatula for spreading
For chocolate whipped cream icing:
pint of heavy whipping cream
metal bowl and hand beater
2-3 Tbsp. of chocolate fudge topping (i.e. Hershey’s or Sanders ice cream topping)
Put
metal bowl and beaters in freezer along with pint of whipping cream for 10-15
minutes before whipping the cream. Whip cream until soft yet somewhat firm
peaks form before adding the chocolate fudge. If you add too soon, the cream
will not whip to a stiff enough consistency. Put the whipped cream into the
refrigerator until ready to ice the cake.
Slice
angel food cake in half horizontally with a serrated bread knife. Slice each
section in half again horizontally so that there are four even layers. Use a
sturdy dinner sized paper plate and cut a piece of parchment or wax paper to
size before laying down the first layer of cake. This makes it easy to transfer
ice cream cake to a nice serving plate later. Take two of the pints of ice
cream out of the freezer to let soften a few minutes before spreading on
layers. Work quickly to scoop and spread first pint of ice cream on bottom
layer of cake. Smooth ice cream and add second layer of cake. Spread second
pint of ice cream. Put cake back into the freezer to harden.
Take
remaining pint of ice cream out of the freezer to soften. Use a second plate
for the third layer of cake, then spread the 3rd flavor of ice cream topped
with final 4th cake layer. Put back in freezer to harden. When hardened, take
bottom section out of freezer and ice with chocolate whipped cream, including
inside of tube. Add second layer of hardened cake and frost this portion as
well with the chocolate whipped cream. Return to freezer until hardened and
ready to serve.
Depending
on the season and air temperature, you may need to let the ice cream cake
soften from 5- 15 minutes before slicing to serve. Sprinkle with shaved
chocolate or fruit.
FAMILY PRAYER
National Eucharistic Revival Prayer
We are in the Year of Going Out on Mission for the National Eucharistic Revival. Take some time to pray this prayer for this movement. You can also find it at: https://www.eucharisticrevival.org/post/national-eucharistic-revival-prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, you give us your flesh and blood for the life of the world, and you desire that all people come to the Supper of the Sacrifice of the Lamb. Renew in your Church the truth, beauty, and goodness contained in the Most Blessed Eucharist.
Jesus living in the Eucharist, come and live in me.
Jesus healing in the Eucharist, come and heal me.
Jesus sacrificing yourself in the Eucharist, come and suffer in me.
Jesus rising in the Eucharist, come and rise to new life in me.
Jesus loving in the Eucharist, come and love in me.
Lord Jesus Christ, through the paschal mystery of your death and resurrection made present in every Holy Mass, pour out your healing love on your Church and on our world. Grant that as we lift you up during this time of Eucharistic Revival, your Holy Spirit may draw all people to join us at this Banquet of Life. You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever.
Our
Lady of Guadalupe, Mother of the Eucharist, Pray for us.
LITURGY LINK
What gesture do we do
before we receive the Eucharist? a) bow, b) genuflect, c) make the sign of the
Cross, or d) trace the sign of the cross on our heads, lips, and heart. Why is
this gesture important?