John 6:68 - "Simon Peter answered Him, 'Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life'"
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If we do not like the food or the service in a restaurant, we would swear that we will not go back there again. If the tele-serye that we are viewing is already bland or boring to our taste, we would stop viewing it, or go to the other channel hoping that it is better than the other one.
It is but normal for us people to choose. Isn't it what freedom of choice is all about? Well, you may be right.
But how about this - you do not like the sermon from your parish priest, so you will just stop attending the mass? Or worse, you try another "religion" where you think you will hear better sermons (or sermons that you like to hear).
Jesus experienced the same. If you will go through the verses in John 6:60-69, you will come to read that most of His disciples left Him, because they found it hard believing in what He is telling them.
Jesus wants us to trust in Him, for His words are the words of God. It is not all about the sermons, the choir, the location of the place of worship. We go to the Church and hear the mass because we want to be with Jesus in the Eucharist. We want to experience His love and blessings, no more no less.
It is always all about our relationship with the Lord and how we grow our faith in Him that matters.
+ Let us pray: Lord Jesus, to whom shall we go? You are the way, the truth and the life. Teach us to believe in Your words. We may sometimes go astray because we become pre-occupied with the world, and try to find something we thought is better. Only You is the best. Only you is our Lord. And we always go back to You and remain in You, forever. Amen +
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