Bishop Robert Barron - Where to Go When You Cannot Go On: Friends, we’ve all hit points in which we felt we could not go on spiritually, physically, or mentally. In the Gospel today, Christ declares himself the bread that has come down from heaven. If you want to live in the eternal realm, you must eat food that sustains forever. listen or read more...

Dr. Timothy O'Malley - Bread of Life Discourse: Over the last two weeks, we have been contemplating the Eucharistic mystery in John 6. Jesus’ feeding of the 5,000 and his walking on water reveals him as the God-man who has come to re-gather the tribes of Israel. He has announced that if they want a sign of God’s marvelous power, they need look no further than him. He is the bread of life.

Sometimes we feel like Elijah in today’s First Reading. We want to lie down and die, keenly aware of our failures—that we seem to be getting no better at doing what God wants of us. We can be tempted to despair, as the prophet was on his forty-day journey in the desert. We can be tempted to “murmur” against God, as the Israelites did during their forty years in the desert.  read more...