In the Gospel the crowd asks Jesus a number of questions: "Rabbi, when did you come here?" (Jn 6: 25); "What must we do to perform the works of God?" (Jn 6: 28); "What sign are you going to give us then, so that we may see it and believe you? What work are you performing?" (Jn 6: 30). They finish with: "Sir, give us this bread always." (Jn 6: 34) It is difficult to tell what the tone of their questions and whether they are open to Jesus or not. Nevertheless, I can imagine the same questions in the mouths of people in our society today. They are fascinated, challenged and ultimately frustrated by Jesus just as they were two millennia ago. They wish to have their hunger assuaged and would even make him king but he refuses to be put into their boxes and meet their criteria. Jesus puts them instead to the heavenly realities and the will of the Father who sent him. his offer in the Eucharist is still the same as well to all who are prepared to believe in him: "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty." (Jn 6: 35)
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