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REFLECTIONS TODAY The crowd and Jesus’ disciples have come to the point of decision: to accept or not that Jesus is the Bread of Life and that his words are “Spirit and life.” Jesus claims to be bread come down from heaven, and that his flesh is food and his blood is drink. This is too much for the

Filipino community pantries bring to life Jesus miracle Ballooning numbers of food offerings are like a modern-day feeding of the 5,000 People look to see what’s on offer at a community pantry in Quezon City in Manila. (Photo supplied) The feeding of the 5,000, also known as the miracle of the five loaves and two fish, is one of Jesus’ most mind-boggling miracles. How did he do it? Gospel accounts said Jesus’ disciples wanted the multitude to go away so that they could go to a village a...

REFLECTIONS TODAY “Eating flesh” and “drinking blood” have to be taken figuratively; otherwise, one could be charged of cannibalism. The term “flesh and blood” is a biblical figure of speech for human beings or human life. When Simon Peter confesses Jesus as the Messiah, the Son of the living God,

Daily Monitor Wednesday April 21 2021 Agriculture minister Vincent Ssempija said Uganda’s meat products at the global market remain competitive but limited, adding that the funding will improve the quality and quantity for the beef products at the global markets. PHOTO | FILE Advertisement The government is seeking to secure an $80m (about Shs289b) loan from the World Bank to improve cattle breeding and handling facilities. While handing over valley tanks in Teso and Karamoja sub-regions last...

Committed to a Cause or to the Christ? Wednesday, April 21, 2021 @ 7:42 AM He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?” (NASB)   How do you express your faith? Is it evident mostly through the great Christian causes you support? Your local church? The Fellowship of Christian Athletes? Operation Christmas Child? Eight Days of Hope? I love to support all of those ministries in various aven...

Nuala McCann – we mend our fractured hearts with memories AT TIME of writing, Darius is still missing. Darius is the worlds biggest rabbit. He is four feet long. In 2010 he was named the worlds longest rabbit. Go find the picture of him online. There he is in his owners arms, a huge lump of a rabbit… like a giant grown-up plonked on top of his human mummy. His owner is offering £1,000 for his safe return – now it may be £2,000. He was apparently taken from an enclosure his home in Worc...

Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings 4-16-2021, Friday of the Second Week of Eastertide Posted on Kosciół Przemienienia Pańskiego Fara, Sanok / Church of the Transfiguration, Sanok, Poland Readings at Mass Acts 5:34-42 © They were glad to have had the honour of suffering humiliation for the sake of the name One member of the Sanhedrin, a Pharisee called Gamaliel, who was a doctor of the Law and respected by the whole people, stood up and asked to have the apostles taken outside for a time...

I miss my friend Mary. We spoke by phone most weekday mornings between 5:45 and 6:15 for 20 years. She would already be at her church readying the material

Published April 16, 2021, 12:12 AM REFLECTIONS TODAY After reflecting on Baptism that ushers us to life eternal, we now focus on the Eucharist, the Bread of Life, which is presented in chapter six of John. It begins with another “sign”—the multiplication of the loaves and the feeding of five thousand people. Five barley loaves and two fish brought by a boy is just what Jesus needs for the people to have their fill, and they even have 12 wicker baskets extra. The “fragments” (Greek kla...

Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings 4-09-2021, Easter Friday Posted on Readings at Mass The name of Jesus Christ is the only one by which we can be saved While Peter and John were talking to the people the priests came up to them, accompanied by the captain of the Temple and the Sadducees. They were extremely annoyed at their teaching the people the doctrine of the resurrection from the dead by proclaiming the resurrection of Jesus. They arrested them, but as it was already late, they held th...