Reading:
John 6:60-71
"Lord, to whom shall we go?"
These words are often echoed in the Liturgy of the Divine Service just directly preceding the Gospel reading. The congregation will repeat these words, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life." What a great statement to be made prior to the reading of the Gospel. It truly speaks to the fact that as Christians we believe, teach and confess that Jesus Christ is the center of the Gospel and that the reading of His Gospel brings Him into our midst in special way.
Our Lord just finished teaching yesterday that He was the bread that came down from heaven and that we have to eat His body and drink His blood to have His life in us. Today we see many of the disciples are walking away from the Lord. You see these that walked away, knew full well what Jesus was teaching. He was not speaking symbolically. Or rather if He was speaking symbolically they did not understand it and then Jesus would have said to them, "wait come on back, I don't mean it literally". No rather He let them walk away from Him because He was speaking about His very Body and Blood that is given and shed for you and for me. It is when we partake of this Holy meal that our Lord dwells in us and we in Him.
We who have been called by God and washed in Baptism see Jesus for who He really is, the Holy One of God. He is the one that laid down His life on the cross so that He could administer His life to you. Jesus is the one that continues to feed us with His body and blood in Holy Communion so that we can grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ, be filled His grace and heavenly benediction. These gifts are constantly given to us by Jesus because He loves us and wants to be with His people that He redeemed.
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