John 6:51-58


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John 6:51-58 Jesus said, “I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

John 6:51-58 Summer 2018

The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” So Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day; for my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever.” ————————————— Suggested Questions: □

In this week’s gospel passage, Jesus tells his disciples that they encounter him in the bread and the wine. How does this passage shape your understanding of the eucharist? What questions does it raise?



In the Episcopal Church, we believe that all sacraments are an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace (grace is a way of referring to the unearned, unconditional love of God). How do you experience Christ in the Holy Eucharist that we share each Sunday?



In the Lord’s Prayer, we ask God for our daily bread. What does daily bread mean to you? What are the things that you rely on to sustain your body, mind and spirit from day to day?



In the book of Genesis, Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, but it took them forty more years to find their new home! Sometimes all that they had to sustain them was bread that feel from heaven, and there was never more than just what was needed for the day. If they needed more the next day, God provided more. Daily bread is far from gluttonous. It’s about “needs not greeds” and provides only what we need to sustain us through the day. When in your life can you remember a particularly challenging season that required you to go one step at a time or one day a time? Looking back, how might you break that journey up into “daily bread moments” that sustained you from one to the next?



We know how the gospel story ends – with the crucifixion and the resurrection that promises us eternal life. The people listening to Jesus at this point in the story have no idea what’s coming. How might they have interpreted Jesus’ words without the knowledge of the promise that’s to come?



What are the ways that you see the bread the Jesus gives us as giving life to the world?

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