2025 Lenten Reflection
“…I Am The Bread Of Life (John 6.35) …”
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One of Jesus’s most vital teachings is His Bread of Life Discourse. After miraculously satisfying a huge crowd’s physical hunger with just five barley loaves and two fish, He told them that He Himself would satisfy their spiritual hunger:
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“I am the bread of life … whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world … Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood, has eternal life and I will raise him on the last day (John 6. 35-54).”
Remarkably, we can receive this same eternal gift! We are further blessed when we share it with others, including those away from Jesus’s love and mercy. National research shows that hunger for the Eucharist is the number one reason why inactive Catholics come back to the sacraments. Help satisfy their hunger this Lenten Season. Invite them to Mass and Confession, gateway to the Eucharist. Then invite them to Welcome Home Catholics. Invite them to learn more about how this most sacred, undeserved gift strengthens us to love and serve the Lord and each other. See the Schedule page for a participating parish near you. If there isn't one near you, call or text us at 251 605-9710 to find out how to get started at your parish.
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Slowly sails the ship into the harbor
A safe haven, to recover at last
Battered and torn, the sails on the mast
Weathered and beaten with holes in the hull
The tired vessel makes its way to the dock
With a lopsided movement toward us all
As one with a peg leg who lilts to one side
It finds its way home with no sense of pride
The battle was won but the cost was so dear
As some lives were lost, all shed a tear
Phyllis Comeaux
12-9-23
(on retreat)
From where comes this ship? Ask the hands on the dock
Sailing the seas looking for true treasures?
Or searching the lands for worldly pleasures?
Getting distracted as they stopped to play
They found themselves lost along the way
Trying to find the way back home
They found themselves caught up in a storm
Tossed hither and yonder and turned around
‘Til they heard the call home, heeding the sound
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Thus, the wayward Christian finds a way home
After darting off without a look back
Going after distractions that got him off track
Content and enjoying himself for a while
He finds he is missing home in this trial
And turns to see no one to help find the way
So he drops to his knees to fervently pray
And in the dark and stillness of night
He hears the call that changes his plight
Come Home to me and I will hold you tight
FOREVER – was the word that set him right