Friends, welcome to Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. Word on Fire is an apostolate dedicated to the mission of evangelization, using media both old and new to share the faith on every continent and to facilitate an

encounter with Christ and his church.

The efforts of Word on Fire engage the culture and bring the transformative power of God's word where it is most needed.

Today we invite you to join Bishop Robert Barron as he preaches the gospel and shares the warmth and light of Christ with each one of us.

Peace be with you, friends. We're continuing our reading of the sixth chapter of the Gospel of John and we're in the midst of this great eucharistic revival in our country.

So it's important for us to attend to these passages from John 6 because each one is telling us something very important

about this most central of the sacraments. I want to share with you a couple lines

from our gospel for today, which name something that is so basic in the spiritual life.

So Jesus has just done the multiplication of the loaves and fishes, and the people now are looking for him,

and they've crossed the sea and they say this.

Rabbi, when did you get here?

Jesus answered them and said,

Amen, Amen, I say to you,

you were looking for me,

not because you saw signs, but because you ate the loaves

and were filled, do not work for food that parishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life.

So they were satisfied at the physical level, and now they're looking for more of that.

Again, do not work for food that perishes, but for the food that

endures for eternal life. In many ways everybody the whole spiritual life hinges on this statement.

It's exceptionally difficult to live in this space.

And much of the drama of our human lives

comes from this tension.

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