Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-23

ence among us would be In the form
81 10od-His real flesh and blood Read
the account OF the miracle Of the null
| utilization OF the loaves and fishes
Here n An astonishing miracle and the
Jews recognized it as such. The Jews
were expecting the great deliverer. the
Messiah. who would nberate them from
the slavery of the Romans, and seeing
this manifestation of tho Divine Power
| said. This 10 the prophet that has come
into the world Knowing that in their
enthusiasm they would take him hv
force, He fled from the crowd. nor did
lie again return to them. When even
ing came, the Apostles took boat 70
to cross to Capernaum. When thew
bad journeyed couple of miles from
shore and were laboring strenuously at
the oars. they saw someone approach
! ing walking on the water 1t was the
| Saviour. They were frightened but
He treasured them, stepped into the
boat and Immediately they found them
| selves on the other side of the lake.
i'he following day the multitude which
He had miraculously fed by multiply
| ing the loaves and fishes took boats
| and crossed to Capernaum seeking
Jesus they found Him in the syna-
gogue. Their surprise at finding Him
there is expressed in the question, Rab-
bi, whence earnest thou hither?' In
reply Jesus approached them saying,
Amen. Amen ! say to you who have
| followed me not because you have seen
signs and wonders but because ! gave
| YOU to eat of the loaves and ycNl are
| filled
MUST HAVE FAITH
Then and there he directed their
minds to higher Heavenly food. la
Dor not for the meat that perisheth,
but that that endureth unto life ever
lasting, which the Son of Man will
give YOU What shall we do they
asked him, that we might work the
works of God? He answered that they
niust have faith in Him. This is the
work of God that you believe in Him
whom He hath sent Moses was the
sreat deliverer and on the journey to
the promised land when the Israelites
were suffering in hunger, God in an
swer to His prayer sent bread (the
manna) to feed them,
BREAD OF LIFE
According to the Midrash, the Jews
| believed the second deliverer would be
| like the first and inasmuch as the first
| deliverer had given them bread from
Heaven so they expected the second to
do likewise, hence they said what
! sign showest Thou that we may see
! and believe? Our Fathers did eat man
| ma in the desert as it was written He
gave them bread from Heaven to eat
| in other words they challenged Jesus.
He accepted the challenge and said,
| Amen, Amen, | say to you, Moses gave
you not that bread from Heaven but
my Father giveth you the true bread
from Heaven, for the bread of God is
He that cometh down from Heaven
and giveth life to the world Hearing
these words they cried out with en-
tusiasm, Lord giveth us forever more
| this bread Jesus answered, L am the
bread of life. He that cometh to me
shall never hunger and He that be-
lieveth in me shall never thirst
1.-THE Jews complained because lie
said, j am the bread which came down
| from Heaven and they said to one an
other, is not this Jesus the son of Jo-
! seph, whose Father and Mother we
| know. How then does He say l came
down from Heaven But Jesus, ig-
noripg their objection continued to
speak of Faith and went on to show
that this Faith is Divine gift without
which man cannot enter into everlast-
| ing life. 4 am the bread Of life, / am
| the living bread which came down
from Heaven, if any man eat of this
bread. he shall live forever and the
bread l shall give you is my flesh for
the life of the world That they were
astonished by this declaration there
can be no doubt. How can this man
give us His flesh to eat? That they
understood Christ to promise He would
give His real flesh and blood to be the
food and drink of the soul is expressed
in that same question of astonshment
and to make it doubly sure that it was
Of His real flesh and blood that He
spoke, He said unless you eat of the
flesh of the Son of man and drink His
blood, you shall not have life in the
hereafter
Therefore when the Jews heard Jesus
thus positively and solemnly reiterate
that He would give his flesh and blood
to eat and drink, they saw no way Of
escape from the literal Interpretation
OF His promise, nor escape from par
ticipation in this Sacrament except by
not only rejecting the promise, but also
rejecting Him that made 1t, and this
| they did
GIVES CHALLENGE
"The crowd then deserted him and the
| Evangelist continuing, tells us that
even many of his disciples did like
wise
Then Jesus challenged the crowd.
! VIII the promise | have made and
which has cost me the loss of the Jews
and even many of my disciples cause
nee also to lose YOU Peter answering
for the crowd said Lord to whom
! snail we 60 for Thou hast the words
of eternal life" Does this not prove
that Christ promised His real presence
to His followers? And that too to the
end of time? Did he fulfill the prom
| Use?
TT was in the Synagogue at Caper-
naum that Christ promised the real
| pr essence. 1t was in the guest chamber
nj house in Jerusalem that the prom
.se was fulfilled.
| The history Of the institution of the
i Holy Eucharist is narrated not only by
/ 81 Matthew, st Mark and ST. Luke.
but also by ST. Paul and by all of them
! in practically the same words And
whilst they We're at table Jesus took
| bread and blessed and broke and gave
| it to His disciples and said Take We
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