Tuesday, May 10, 2011

3rd Week of Easter, Wednesday, 11-05-11

Acts 8:1-8 / John 6:35-40

If we say that seeing is believing, then we may have to think again.

Well, at least we know that what we see in movies are not that real, although the props are real enough.

But what is truly amazing is that with the rise of computer graphics, what we see in movies may not even exist in reality.

For e.g. in the movie "King Kong" that giant gorilla was a product of computer generated images; it does not even exist as a prop.

So we may not believe in what we see, but we may be very impressed with it.

In the gospel, Jesus told the people: You can see me and still you do not believe.

Yes, the people could see Jesus, that He was real, but maybe not that impressive.

Yes, impressions count, and impressions will also form conclusions, and it seemed that the people's conclusion about Jesus was that He wasn't very impressive.

They were not impressed and hence they missed the point of who Jesus really was and what He said about the bread of life.

As we gather for the Eucharist, let us go beyond impressions and understand what is truly important.

In the form of simple bread, Jesus comes to share with us His divine life.

May we receive the bread of life with awe and wonder and thanksgiving.