Missionaries of the Blessed Sacrament

THE MOST AWESOME STATEMENTS EVER MADE

Of all the books ever written—in the history of the world—it is probable that the only statement of a truth ever mentioned nine (9) consecutive times is found in the Holy Bible, St. Joseph's Gospel, the sixth chapter, verses 48-58:

• (verse 48): "I am bread of life."
• (verse 49): "Your ancestors at the manna in the desert, but they died; this is the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die."
• (verse 51): "I am the livng bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread I will give is my flesh for the life of the world."
• (verse 53): "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you."
• (verse 54): "Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day."
• (verse 55): "My flesh is real food and my blood is real drink."
• (verse 56): "Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him."
• (verse 57): "Just as the living father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me."
• (verse 58): "This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever."
• (verse 61): "Does this shock you?"

"You search the scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear withness to Me; and yet you refuse to come to Me that you may have life." (Jn 5:39). "There are some of you who do not believe" (Jn 6:64). Would He who said "I am the way, and the truth, and the life" (Jn 14:6) confuse? Would he who said "I came into the world, to testify to the truth" (Jn 18:37) lie? Would He who said "If I speak the truth, why do you not believe me" (Jn 8:46) deceive?

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