In this gospel today we need to remember that last week the crowd tried to make Jesus their king. We can go back into the Old Testament to when the people first asked God for a king and the implications of that choice (1 Sam 8: 1-22). Even on the road to Emmaus the disciples were still obsessed with worldly kingship (Lk 24: 21). Yet, we do not fight against "enemies of flesh and blood" but against spiritual powers (Eph 6: 12). Thus, Jesus tells the people to work for "food that endures for eternal life." (Jn 6: 27) It is this food we concern ourselves with as we gather for Mass today. In the sacrament we have a glimpse and taste of the immortality that we pray and hope will be ours even as we serve God in this world. Let us not be distracted by the programme of this world from those things that endure.
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