Allocution Sunday, August 1
We thank all those who make this radio broadcast possible, today, Sunday, August 1, the eighteenth Sunday of ordinary liturgical time. Today we hear in all churches the gospel of John, chapter 6, verses 24 to 35.
(Gospel)
Every day we pray the Our Father prayer that Jesus Christ himself taught us. In this prayer we say: Give us this day our daily bread. Yes, the food we need to live with health and strength for the work of everyday life, both our obligations to society and in our home. We have already experienced how pleasant it is to eat together. From the necessary food arises a love of family and those we invite. We feed our body and the love of sharing together bathes us, our family and our invited friends. From the shared material bread of each day, love emerges.
The Lord invites us to obtain not only food for our bodies, but also to work for the food that lasts for eternal life, the bread from heaven.
What is the bread of heaven and eternal life? The same Lord Jesus who tells us: I am the bread of life, He who comes to me will not hunger and he who believes in me will never thirst.
The Lord Jesus shows us this bread in his Word, in the Holy Scripture, the Bible.
This Bread of the Word of God that is to know and taste love, by listening to this bread of the Word we come to know it, we know of its life of fidelity to God the Father: Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. We accept what God wants for us, which will always be a will to make us happy here and now and later in eternal life.
By enjoying the Bread of the Word we come to know the kingdom of heaven, a kingdom of peace, concord, union, reconciliation, forgiveness and we learn that in that kingdom there is one person and one heart, the husband and wife, the parents. and the children, the grandparents and the grandchildren, the daughters-in-law and the mothers-in-law, the sons-in-law and the fathers-in-law, the offenders and the offended.
This bread of the Word teaches us the path of Christ, a path that He traveled first and that must be walked in love.
How will we walk along that path that is so beautiful and so difficult, so extraordinary and so impossible?
Not with our own strength, but with the bread of life, which is the Body and Blood of Christ, yes, when we receive Christ in the bread and wine consecrated in communion, we can say like Saint Paul: I live, but not I, it is Christ who lives in me. And if Christ lives in me, we will never tire of doing good, loving, serving, enduring suffering in peace, forgiving, helping those who do not have the affection and strength to move forward.
With the bread of life we will live the condition of children of God, brothers of all, and we will teach that Christ is the one who gives meaning to life with its wonders and its difficulties. If you do not have the new will, ask for it from the Archbishopric, telephone 78624000. If you have not made your first communion, go to the priest of your parish and ask him for this wish of yours.
Lord, always give us your bread.
(Song)
-Lord Jesus Christ, you who announced yourself in the manna of the desert, nourish and strengthen the path of the Israelites, feed us with the bread from heaven.
Lord, always give us your bread.
-You, Jesus Christ, who are the living Bread come down from heaven.
Lord, always give us your bread.
-You, Jesus Christ, bread of angels made bread for men.
Lord, always give us your bread.
– You, Jesus Christ, who have become the bread of eternal life.
Lord, always give us your bread.
– You, Jesus Christ, bread that contains all the flavors of love.
Lord, always give us your bread.
– You, Jesus Christ, who feed us on the way to heaven.
Lord, always give us your bread.
– You, Jesus Christ, bread who give us eternal life by eating your body.
Lord, always give us your bread.
– You, Jesus Christ, who in the form of bread are always in the tabernacle.
Lord, always give us your bread.
– You, Jesus Christ, who unite us into one family by feeding us with your bread.
Lord, always give us your bread.
– You, Jesus Christ, who with your bread turn us into servants of material and spiritual food.
Lord, always give us your bread.
– You, Jesus Christ, who are sure bread of eternal life.
Lord, always give us your bread.
(Song)
Next Wednesday, August 4, we celebrate the day of the Parish Priest, a priest who serves in our communities, on the feast of Saint John Mary Vianney, priest, patron of parish priests and priests.
Saint John Mary Vianney was born near Lyon, France, in 1786. He had to overcome many difficulties to finally become ordained a priest. The parish of Ars, in the diocese of Belley, was entrusted to him, and the saint, with active preaching, sacrifice, prayer and charity, governed it and admirably promoted its spiritual advancement. He was endowed with extraordinary qualities as a confessor, which caused the faithful to come to him from all over to listen to his holy advice. He died in 1859 and accompanies us from heaven. We read one of his catechisms:
Consider it, my children, the treasure of the Christian man is not on earth, but in heaven, for this reason our thoughts must always be oriented toward where our treasure is. Man has a beautiful duty and obligation: to pray and love. If you pray and love you will have found happiness in this world.