On this 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, we arrive at the conclusion of Jesus’ Bread of Life Discourse. As Tony explains, the way St. John the Evangelist concludes this episode clearly demonstrates that Jesus is all in when it comes to His teaching on the Eucharist. What’s more, He teaches us that to live as He does requires that we do the same with the whole of our lives as Christians, a teaching St. Paul echoes in his words on Christian marriage this weekend.
Mass Readings:
Reading 1: Joshua 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 34:2-3, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21
Reading 2: Ephesians 5:21-32
Gospel: John 6:60-69
Tony Crescio is the founder of FRESHImage Ministries. He holds an MTS from the University of Notre Dame and is currently a PhD candidate in Christian Theology at Saint Louis University. His research focuses on the intersection between moral and sacramental theology. His dissertation is entitled, Presencing the Divine: Augustine, the Eucharist and the Ethics of Exemplarity.
Tony’s academic publications can be found here.