Jesus challenged his listeners to think beyond food; it is the spirit that gives life.

When nourished with Christ’s own flesh and blood, the life within us can become an unstoppable force that undergoes no appreciable change even with our own death.

Jesus’ disciples today find in his teaching the “bread” that keeps them going.

The task of redemption is Christ’s, not ours. His grace will fulfill the work.

The crowd confused the symbol with the reality

The feeling Jesus experiences is similar to that of a mother responding to an infant’s hunger or to her child’s cry.

We recognize unclean spirits today not through the illnesses they cause, but through the minds they enrapture.

We need to act on Jesus’ liberating word if we are to experience our freedom

God never intended the world to be a place of anxiety

Those places that might seem to hold no promise may in fact contain the grace that can turn the hearts of many to Christ.