{"id":3989,"date":"2018-07-31T04:15:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T04:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/batkol.info\/?p=3989"},"modified":"2018-07-31T04:15:06","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T04:15:06","slug":"the-18th-sunday-of-ordinary-time-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ratisbonne.org.il\/bk\/2018\/07\/31\/the-18th-sunday-of-ordinary-time-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sunday Gospel and Reading Commentary<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The 18th<\/sup> Sunday of Ordinary Time, <\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>5th<\/sup> of August,\u00a0 2018<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lectionary readings: Ex.16:2-4, Ps.78:3-4, Eph.4:17, John 6:24-35<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Author: Rita Kammermayer<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"J<\/em><\/strong>ohn uses a distinct vocabulary in the gospel and such words as truth, life, light carry a spiritual significance. Frequently, he has a dialogue as the focus of the teaching in which clarification and strengthening of faith would be possible. The people who had witnessed the multiplication of the loaves now followed Jesus and expected to be fed again. There was much misunderstanding and confusion in how they heard the words that Jesus spoke to them.<\/p>\n

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There were others too, who found the sayings of Jesus hard to understand and accept, namely Nicodemus and the Samaritan woman. Both lacked understanding but in the case of the Samaritan woman, she was persistent and earnestly wanted to understand more, whereas Nicodemus seemed stuck in his thinking and unable to move ahead. Often the apostles failed to understand Jesus\u2019 words and we too, frequently miss the point!<\/p>\n

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The crowds put demands on Jesus as he tried to raise their minds from purely earthly things. Their focus was on being full and they failed to understand what had really happened the previous day. In actuality, they wanted a miracle worker who would satisfy all their needs! They did not grasp the fact that the Father is the source of this food<\/strong> and that these loaves of bread were a sign<\/strong> of God\u2019s care for the people<\/strong>. In reality, they only knew of physical hunger, not of a spiritual hunger.<\/p>\n

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In a series of questions, Jesus tried to enlighten them. He told them that he himself is the one who feeds them with eternal food. \u201cDo not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that the Father has set his seal.\u201d (6:27) They asked him, \u201cWhat must we do to perform the works of God,\u201d Jesus emphatically explained, \u201cThis is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.\u201d<\/strong> (6:29) \u201cTherefore, to do the works of God they must join the work of God, to enter into the identity and mission of \u2018him whom he has sent.\u2019 (24:29)\u00a0\u00a0 The external works have to connect with inner consciousness.\u201d (Shea, 196)<\/p>\n

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Throughout the dialogue Jesus redirected their attention as to who gave the manna in the desert.\u00a0 In their minds they saw Jesus as a prophet like Moses. They failed to think of associating Jesus with the Father. The manna in the desert did not validate Moses but was meant to reveal God.\u00a0 Jesus informed them that Moses was not the true giver, but the Father was and that the giving was not only in the past. Now, in the present, the bread of God has come down from heaven in the person of Jesus. The Father is the ultimate giver of the true bread from heaven which he gives at all times.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe contrast is to the bread Moses gave in the desert; the manna was not really \u2018bread from heaven\u2019 (6:32). Only Jesus is that genuine bread (6:55) because he descends from God and offers his life that comes from God, for the bread of God is that which comes from heaven and gives life to the world.\u201d (6:33)\u00a0\u00a0 (Johnson, 486)<\/p>\n

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Jesus affirmed that this food is the spiritual life of the world and when they asked for this bread, he declared, \u201cI am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never be hungry and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.\u201d (6:35) Therefore, whoever comes to Jesus will enter into a relationship with him. The Father has established this way of entering into eternal life.<\/p>\n

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For<\/em><\/strong> Reflection and Discussion: <\/strong><\/em>\u201cTo see is not necessarily to believe but belief makes one see things as they truly are.\u201d (Johnson, 437)<\/p>\n

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Bibliography:<\/em><\/strong> R.Brown, J.Fitzmeyer, R.Murphy, The Jerome Biblical Commentary,(Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 1996), <\/em>Luke T. Johnson, The writings of the New Testament, (Fortress Press, Philedelphia,1986,) <\/em>John Shea, The Spiritual Wisdom of the Gospels for Christian Preachers and Teachers, (Collegeville, 2005) <\/em><\/p>\n

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This week\u2019s teaching commentary was prepared by<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rita Kammermayer, nds, BA, B.Ed, Masters of Pastoral Studies, Jerusalem<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bat Kol alumni 2001<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

ritakammermayer@netscape.net<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2018]<\/strong><\/p>\n


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