{"id":8438,"date":"2021-08-21T09:00:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T13:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/?p=8438"},"modified":"2021-08-19T14:21:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T18:21:28","slug":"from-fr-tom-49","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/2021\/08\/21\/from-fr-tom-49\/","title":{"rendered":"From Fr. Tom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span dir=\"ltr\">Hopefully your weekend was filled with God\u2019s Grace. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\">After the last weekend\u2019s glorious celebration of the Assumption of our Blessed Mother we come back to the <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">teaching of Jesus about the Bread of Life. Jesus in <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">today\u2019s Gospel challenges his Jewish audience, and later His <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">apostles, to make their choice: to accept Him as the true Bread from Heaven Who gives them His Body and Blood <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">as their Heavenly Food or to join those who have lost their Faith in Jesus and left Him, expressing their confusion <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">and doubts about His claims. We can see the various reactions of the people to Jesus\u2019 claims. Many of the <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">disciples leave, but the apostles freely choose to stay with Jesus. We, too, are called to make a decision, profess <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">our Faith in God\u2019s Son and renew the Covenant ratified in his Life, death and Resurrection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\">Let us make our choice for Christ and live it. <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">We Christians have accepted the challenge of following the way of <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">Christ and making choices for Christ, fortified by the Bread He gives and relying on the power of His Holy Spirit. The <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">Heavenly Bread and the Holy Spirit will give us the courage of our Christian convictions to take a stand for Jesus, <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">accept the Church\u2019s teachings and enable us to face ridicule, criticisms, and even social isolation for our adherence <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">to sound Christian principles in our lives. That is what we mean by our \u201cAmen\u201d while receiving Jesus in Holy <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">Communion. We express without any conditions or reservations our total commitment to Jesus in the community to <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">which we belong. Christ\u2019s thoughts, attitudes, values, and life<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">&#8211;<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">view must become totally ours. Above all, we are to <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">identify with Jesus in the offering of His Flesh and the pouring out of <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">His <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">Blood on the cross by <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">spending <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">our lives for <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">others. May Jesus always be our ONLY CHOICE!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\">Enjoy the last week of August. May the saints of this week <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">\u2013<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">St. Rose of Lima, Virgin; St. Bartholomew, Apostle; <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">St. Monica and her son St. Augustine <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">&#8211;<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">intercede for us, but also inspire us to always make good choices in our lives. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\">You are all in my prayers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span dir=\"ltr\">Fr. Tom<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hopefully your weekend was filled with God\u2019s Grace. After the last weekend\u2019s glorious celebration of the Assumption of our Blessed Mother we come back to the teaching of Jesus about the Bread of Life. 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