JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD

Friday week 3 of Eastertide - ‘This is the bread come down from heaven’

First Reading Acts 9:1-20 This man is my chosen instrument to bring my name before the pagans

Saul was still breathing threats to slaughter the Lord’s disciples. He had gone to the high priest and asked for letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, that would authorise him to arrest and take to Jerusalem any followers of the Way, men or women, that he could find.

Suddenly, while he was travelling to Damascus and just before he reached the city, there came a light from heaven all round him. He fell to the ground, and then he heard a voice saying, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’ ‘Who are you, Lord?’ he asked, and the voice answered, ‘I am Jesus, and you are persecuting me. Get up now and go into the city, and you will be told what you have to do.’ The men travelling with Saul stood there speechless, for though they heard the voice they could see no one. Saul got up from the ground, but even with his eyes wide open he could see nothing at all, and they had to lead him into Damascus by the hand. For three days he was without his sight, and took neither food nor drink.

A disciple called Ananias who lived in Damascus had a vision in which he heard the Lord say to him, ‘Ananias!’ When he replied, ‘Here I am, Lord’, the Lord said, ‘You must go to Straight Street and ask at the house of Judas for someone called Saul, who comes from Tarsus. At this moment he is praying, having had a vision of a man called Ananias coming in and laying hands on him to give him back his sight.’

When he heard that, Ananias said, ‘Lord, several people have told me about this man and all the harm he has been doing to your saints in Jerusalem. He has only come here because he holds a warrant from the chief priests to arrest everybody who invokes your name.’ The Lord replied, ‘You must go all the same, because this man is my chosen instrument to bring my name before pagans and pagan kings and before the people of Israel; I myself will show him how much he himself must suffer for my name.’ Then Ananias went. He entered the house, and at once laid his hands on Saul and said, ‘Brother Saul, I have been sent by the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on your way here so that you may recover your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.’ Immediately it was as though scales fell away from Saul’s eyes and he could see again. So he was baptised there and then, and after taking some food he regained his strength.

He began preaching in the synagogues, ‘Jesus is the Son of God.’

Responsorial Psalm: Go out to the whole world; proclaim the Good News.

Gospel John 6:52-59 My flesh is real food and my blood is real drink

The Jews started arguing with one another: ‘How can this man give us his flesh to eat?’ they said. 

Jesus replied: ‘I tell you most solemnly, if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you will not have life in you.

Anyone who does eat my flesh and drink my blood has eternal life, and I shall raise him up on the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me and I live in him.

As I, who am sent by the living Father, myself draw life from the Father, so whoever eats me will draw life from me. This is the bread come down from heaven; not like the bread our ancestors ate: they are dead, but anyone who eats this bread will live for ever.’ He taught this doctrine at Capernaum, in the synagogue.

Lord Jesus Christ, I trust in you. You are the Son of God. Jesus, you are the Bread of life. You came down to earth from heaven. The Angels adore you. Lord I adore you. Lord Jesus, the Bread of my soul, I long to receive you in the Holy Eucharist. You are the Lord of my life. Blessed Jesus Christ in the Most Holy Sacrament. Virgin Mary, pray for me. Saint Joseph, pray for me. My Angel Guardian, pray for me. Pray the Rosary;

AELF: vendredi, 3ème Semaine du Temps Pascal -  JÉSUS EST LE FILS DE DIEU

«Tel est le pain qui est descendu du ciel»

Évangile Jean 6, 52-59 « Ma chair est la vraie nourriture, et mon sang est la vraie boisson »

En ce temps-là, les Juifs se querellaient entre eux : « Comment celui-là peut-il nous donner sa chair à manger ? »

Jésus leur dit alors : « Amen, amen, je vous le dis : si vous ne mangez pas la chair du Fils de l’homme, et si vous ne buvez pas son sang, vous n’avez pas la vie en vous. Celui qui mange ma chair et boit mon sang a la vie éternelle ; et moi, je le ressusciterai au dernier jour.

En effet, ma chair est la vraie nourriture, et mon sang est la vraie boisson. Celui qui mange ma chair et boit mon sang demeure en moi, et moi, je demeure en lui. 

De même que le Père, qui est vivant, m’a envoyé, et que moi je vis par le Père, de même celui qui me mange, lui aussi vivra par moi. Tel est le pain qui est descendu du ciel : il n’est pas comme celui que les pères ont mangé. Eux, ils sont morts ; celui qui mange ce pain vivra éternellement. » Voilà ce que Jésus a dit alors qu’il enseignait à la synagogue de Capharnaüm.

Seigneur Jésus-Christ, j'ai confiance en toi. Tu es le Fils de Dieu. Jésus, tu es le Pain de vie. Tu es descendu du ciel sur terre. Les anges t'adorent. Seigneur, je t'adore. Seigneur Jésus, Pain de mon âme, je désire ardemment te recevoir dans la Sainte Eucharistie. Tu es le Seigneur de ma vie. Béni soit le Seigneur Jésus-Christ au Très Saint Sacrement. Vierge Marie, priez pour moi. Saint Joseph, priez pour moi. Mon ange gardien, priez pour moi. Priez le Rosaire.