Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

07-26-2015Weekly ReflectionFr. Paul Pulimalayil

2 Kings 4:42-44, Ephesians 4:1-6, John 6:1-15

We were meditating during this month about the prophet, starting from Jesus passing on to the disciples and their experience and we come to the final part of that series of meditations. We are brought to the Eucharist. The Prophet is to become the Eucharist. According to Vatican II council Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life. This Sunday we begin a five week focus on the 6th chapter of the Gospel of John. The event is packed with meaning. It obviously refers to the Eucharist. The meditation should lead us to a better participation in the Eucharist which will force us to look in to the needs of our brethren.

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