Here is today’s Gospel, from St John: ‘They said to him, “Then what sign do you do, that we may see, and believe you? What work do you perform? Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven, and gives life to the world.” They said to him, “Lord, give us this bread always.” Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst”’.

St John Chrysostom commented: ‘“Jesus said to them, I am the Bread of Life: he that comes to me shall never hunger; and he that believes in me shall never thirst”. “He that comes to me”; this is the same thing as He that believes in me; and “shall never hunger” is to be understood to mean the same thing as shall never thirst. For by both is signified that eternal sufficiency in which there is no want.

Today, let us come to the Lord, fully believing in Him, without any admixture of doubt; and may we find all the longings of our heart fully satisfied. May God bless you and be very close to you.