GOSPEL READING: JOHN 6:51-58
Jesus offers himself as the life-giving food for the people. His body and blood (the Jews believed that life was in the blood) and that is the whole person is offered as food for the people. It is not the dead body (useless, decaying flesh) rather it is the life-giving body and blood is given to the people. This food is that which has come down from heaven. This food is given by the Father and this is far superior (and beyond comparison) when compared with the manna.
This food is life-giving; it gives eternal life; it gives resurrection; and it gives communion with Jesus and in turn with the Father. The present-people are far superior to the ancestors. The ancestors were also cared for by the Father and were fed in the wilderness by the Father. That was only the foretaste of what was to come in Jesus. The present-people are given the opportunity to be in communion with Jesus and be united with him forever and this is through sharing of his life in his body and blood.
இயேசு தான் வாழ்வுதரும் உணவு@ அவர் விண்ணிலிருந்து வந்தவர்@ தந்தையால் அனுப்பப்பட்டவர். அவருடைய சதையும் இரத்தமுமே (உயிருல்ல) வாழ்வுதரும். இந்த உணவை உண்பவர்கள் நிலைவாழ்வை பெறுவர்@ உயிர்ப்பை பெறுவர்@ இயேசுவின் உறவைப் பெறுவர்@ இயேசுவோடு இனைந்திருப்பர்@ தந்தையோடும் இனைந்திருப்பர்@ மன்னா உண்ட முன்னோரைப் போல் அல்லாது (அவர்கள் மாண்டனர்) என்றென்றும் வாழ்வர்.
