Today's Gospel

Reclaim Your Day

Welcome back to Radical and Relevant, where we are exploring the genius of the gospels, the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, and looking for ways to anchor our lives, our days, our situations, in the genius of Jesus. We are in this set of readings that come from what we refer to as the Bread of Life Dialogues. And Jesus is presenting himself as the Bread of Life. And different people are questioning that. Different people are asking questions about that. Different people are asking, "Okay, how do we get access to that?" And so today's reading repeats the last verse of yesterday's reading.

We're reading from John 6: 35-40. And Jesus said to them, "I am the Bread of Life. He who comes to me shall not hunger. And he who believes in me shall not thirst. But I said to you that you have seen me, and yet you do not believe. All that the Father gives me will come to me, and him who comes to me, I will not cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my will, but the will of Him who sent me. And this is the will of Him who sent me. That I should lose nothing of all that He has given me but raise it up on the last day."

Does a word or a phrase or an idea jump out at you today? What jumps out at me? Jesus says, "All that the Father gives me will come to me, and he who comes to me, I will not cast out. He who comes to me, I will not cast out." And so if we're cast out, it's by our own doing. We're casting ourselves out. Jesus is not casting us out. It's because we refuse to come to Him. Let's come to Him today. Let's come to Him like we've never come to Him ever before. Say, "Here I am, Lord. Reveal your plans to me. Show me what you want me to do." Not necessarily next year or 10 years from now, but just today. Just show me what you want me to do today. Give me the grace and the courage and the kindness and the generosity. Go out there and do it boldly. Have an amazing day. Remember, be bold, be Catholic.