Now, Jesus has specifically said that the "Bread of Life,"

which brings salvation to those who believe, is His own flesh.

"How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

What we eat becomes part of us as we assimilate the energy of our daily food and drink.

We become assimilated into Jesus when we eat his body and drink his blood.

 

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Acts 9:1-20*

(...) There was a disciple in

The two disciples who recognized the Risen One in the breaking of bread. Christ indeed from death is risen,

as he had done on the Emmaus road, the Anointed One of God had to suffer;

that he then had to rise from the dead to a new form of life;

our new life obtaining,And that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins,

would be preached in his name to al the nations.

  

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Acts 3:13-15, 17-19

The God of Abraham,

Once becoming a member of God's family,

You need to listen to Jesus' instructions and model your life accordingly,

it makes you an heir to eternal life.

Jesus is constantly pointing us beyond this world to the Father,

promising to 'raise us up on the last day', offering us eternal life.

 

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Acts 8:26-40

An angel of the Lord

After the feeding of the five thousand, They had to learn the lessons from the stormy sea of Galilee.

They have to learn to trust in Jesus through the storms when they are following Jesus in obedience to His will.

Every time Jesus appears, He always dispels our fears, is a sure sign of God’s presence.

They realised that Jesus was with them still; especially in times of struggle or disorientation. 

 

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Acts 6:1-7

In those days,

The people have come to Jesus looking for another miracle, and for more free food.

Instead, Jesus says they need to be seeking the "true bread from heaven" in order to obtain eternal life.

In their:coming to him” they were only narcissistically coming to themselves.

“the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh”

“unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you” 

 

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Acts 8:1b-8

This was the beginning of

Though Andrew wasn't sure of how useful the little resources would be,

he did the right thing: he ensured that the boy and Jesus met.

The disciples could only produce a meager five barley loaves and two fishes from a little boy.

A little offering from a little offeror. Yet the Lord multiplied what is otherwise an insignificant amount of food.

For the little we have if heartily offered to the Lord becomes enough for the needs of those in want.

 

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Acts 5:34-42

But one of them,

I am the bread of life; Whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.

Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life.

Jesus takes this opportunity to upgrade their search beyond mere physical bread that nourishes the body only.

Stephen is stoned to death in the first reading. His witness before his death must have had an impact on Saul.

There was something in Stephen’s courage that must have struck something deep in Saul. 

 

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Acts 7:51-8:1a

“But you are a stubborn people,

You hardened your hearts and

 Saint Stanislaus Born 1550, died April 11, 1079, Kraków.

Canonized 1253; was the patron saint of Poland, and the first Pole to be canonized.

After his parents died, Stanislaus received a huge inheritance, which he immediately gave to the poor.

He was ordained to the priesthood by the Bishop of Krakow, he was ordained a bishop around the age of forty-two.

During that time, King Bolesław manifestly indulge in immoralities, Tensions continued to grow between the bishop and the king.

Ventually, Bolesław himself slew the bishop with his sword.

The legend continues that after Stanislaus’ death, the soldiers were ordered to dismember the bishop’s body

and scatter the pieces on the land to be devoured by wild beasts.

Miraculously, eagles guarded the pieces until the canons of the cathedral were able to gather them and bury them properly.

 

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Acts 5:27-33

So they brought them in and

Jesus replied,, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me

who will never be hungryagain. Whoever believes in me never be thirsty. ” JOHN 6:35

But Jesus uplifts their otherwise superficial understanding of their need.

He invites them to come to know better their deeper hunger for the food of life.

 

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Acts 6:8-15

Stephen, full of grace and power,

 
"Everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.

But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”

In redeeming the world, He has brought the Kingdom of God - through His death and resurrection.

We are given the chance to be saved only if we really want.

In order to do so, it calls us to be truthful to ourselves, to others and to the Lord.

 

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Acts 5:17-26

The High Priest and