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04/22/2026

Sharing Bishop Barron’s reflection on today’s Bread of Life Gospel

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Friends, in today’s Gospel (John 6:35–40), Jesus declares that he is the bread of life and promises eternal life to all who believe in him.

Many of the Church Fathers characterized the Eucharist as food that immortalizes those who consume it. They understood that if Christ is really present in the eucharistic elements, the one who eats and drinks the Lord’s body and blood becomes configured to Christ in a far more than metaphorical way. The Eucharist, they concluded, Christifies and hence eternalizes.

If the Eucharist were no more than a symbol, this kind of language would be so much nonsense. But if the doctrine of the real presence is true, then this literal eternalization of the recipient of Communion must be maintained.

But what does this transformation practically entail? It implies that the whole of one’s life—body, psyche, emotions, spirit—becomes ordered to the eternal dimension. The Christified person knows that his life is not finally about him but about God; the Eucharistized person understands that her treasure is to be found above and not below. Wealth, pleasure, power, honor, success, titles, degrees, even friendships and family connections are all relativized as the high adventure of life with God opens up.

11/12/2025

How good God is to me! On November 4, Hubby and I went to The Little Flower Basilica of San Antonio to pay our respects to St. Therese, my heavenly BFF. Her relics and those of her parents, St. Louis and St. Zelie, were on public display for veneration. Here’s my reel offering to my sweet St. Therese.

11/11/2025

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Let's love as Jesus loves - One Heart at a Time!

07/20/2025

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06/29/2025

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06/26/2025

Faith is a gift from God.🎁

It is the key that opens the eyes of our hearts.❤️

Faith makes it possible to understand the wonders of our faith.

In the words of St. Augustine, “I believe, in order to understand. And I understand, the better to believe.”

(cf. CCC, 158)

05/17/2025

“For words too, not only weapons, can wound and even kill.” Those resonant words from our new Pope Leo XIV strike hard, because we all know they are true. Some years back, when I was still actively serving in Couples for Christ, the session on “Taming the Tongue” taught me a simple rule: bite your lip, sift your thoughts, then decide if a comment really needs to be spoken. More often than not, silence turns out kinder—both to others and to myself.

I learned this the painful way in college. I no longer recall every detail, but I vividly remember the shock and hurt on a friend’s face after I blurted a thoughtless, unfounded word. One careless syllable nearly shattered a solid friendship. By grace, three humble words—“I am sorry”—became the bridge back to trust, yet the lesson stuck: a single utterance can either scar or heal.

In a world where talk is instant and chatter is endless, may we weigh each word like precious gold—letting only those that lift, soothe, or bless pass our lips. Speak to build, not to break. May we always remember Pope Leo's quote that "words too... can wound and even kill."