Thursday 9th
May, 2019. Read Acts 8:26-40,
Psalm 66 and John 6:44-51
_*“And the Spirit said to Philip, ‘Go up and join this chariot.’ So
Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and asked, ‘Do you
understand what you are reading?’ And he said, ‘How can I unless someone
guides me?’ And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.” (Acts 8:29-31)*_
In today’s Gospel passage, Jesus says: “No one can come to me unless the
Father who sent me draws him…” (John 6:44). That means we are not in charge
when it comes to our spirituality. It is God who draws us to Himself. In the
story of Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch, we see this perfectly; God had
already prepared the heart of the Ethiopian Eunuch to receive the Good News. God
also drew Philip to his chariot to explain more details and offer him the
sacrament of baptism.
It wasn’t just by coincidence that Philip met the Ethiopian Eunuch.
There was a divine hand at work. It is not by coincidence that you are
Christian today, neither is it by coincidence that you are reading this right now.
God is the Master planner who never stops drawing us to himself in our day to
day activities.
All we have to do is to say “Yes” to God like the Ethiopian Eunuch who gladly accepted Philip into his chariot. His “Yes” to God began with his decision
to read the Bible that day. The Ethiopian Eunuch was ready for God and God
actually showed up. Truly, when the student is ready, the teacher appears.
The question is: “Am I really ready for God?” In other words, am I ready
to get closer to God more than ever before? Am I willing to break free from my
addictions and old ways? Like the Ethiopian Eunuch, have I decided from this
day to start flipping through the pages of the Bible? Do I even have a Bible
plan? And when I read, do I ask God for understanding? Dear friends, if we are
ready for God, God will immediately be ready us. All we have to do is to open
the door because he is standing at the door of our hearts knocking.
(Revelations 3:20)
Finally, Jesus drops the bombshell in today’s Gospel passage. He now
tells the people in very clear terms that this bread he had been talking about
is actually his own flesh. Jesus did not say: “like my flesh or symbolic of my
flesh.” No, Jesus meant in unequivocal terms that he was going to give us his
very flesh as the bread of eternal life. Thousands of Eucharistic miracles over
the years have only proven that this is true. One recently happed in Argentina
in a parish where our present Pope was a bishop.
When scientists examined the host not knowing where it had come from,
they reported that it was real flesh taken from the heart of a man in his
thirties and that this flesh must have been taken while the person was still
alive and under deep excruciating pains. They also added that the person was
most likely to come from around that Israeli region.
Furthermore, Jesus explains that anyone who eats his flesh will never
die. This is exactly what we repeat at funerals; it is what gives us
consolation and hope when our eyes are full of tears – just knowing that Jesus
has promised and never fails – that the person who has just died physically
will not die eternally.
Let us
Pray: Lord Jesus, I am ready; Come fill my heart and draw me closer to you
deeper and deeper. Amen.
Be Happy. Live Positive. Have Faith.
It is well with you. God bless you. (Thursday of the 3rd Week
of Easter. Bible Study: Acts 8:26-40,
Psalm 66 and John 6:44-51).
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