Today’s Reflection
Gospel: John 6: 52-59
April 24, 2026 | Friday

Today’s Gospel

The Jews were arguing among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” So Jesus replied, “Truly, I say to you, if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.

My flesh is really food, and my blood is truly drink. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood, live in me, and I in them. Just as the Father, who is life, sent me, and I have life from the Father, so whoever eats me will have life from me. This is the bread from heaven; not like that of your ancestors, who ate and later died. Those who eat this bread will live forever.”

Jesus spoke in this way in Capernaum when he taught them in the synagogue.

 Today’s Reflection

The Eucharist is the food that nourishes souls. Although God looks into our hearts, He also desires that these hearts be nourished and enriched by His own body and blood. Doing good to our neighbors is not enough to gain heaven. What good can anyone possibly do for their brothers and sisters without God’s grace? Today, Jesus is telling us to eat his flesh and drink his blood to have eternal life. Jesus dwells within the hearts and souls of those who receive him through the Eucharist. It transforms us and enables us to be more like Christ: loving and selfless.

/Vulnerasti, 2026