TO WHOM SHALL WE GO? Owing to the incredible
teaching of Jesus concerning his body and blood as food and drink, some
disciples lost confidence in him and stopped following him. The disciples who
left did not take time to reflect on what Jesus was saying. They judged the
teaching only with human reason. There was no attempt to delve into the
supernatural through introspection/prayer and enlightenment from the Spirit.
Sometimes, we have erratically condemned, secretly in our mind, some of the
teachings of the Church. We no longer believe in and teach them convincingly.
This is because we have allowed only flesh and human reason to dominate us.
Sometimes, we join mob action, forgetting that a mob does not think.
Individuals do. The question Jesus asked the Twelve is very significant: Will
you also go away? The Twelve were the closest disciples of Jesus. Among them
were the core ones like Peter, James and John, who were the most intimate. Even
if everybody went away, Jesus expected the Twelve to understand better because
they had more opportunity to know the truth than the others. It could have been
a heart-breaking experience if the Twelve also stopped following Jesus. Thank
God that Peter gave a soothing answer: “Lord, to whom shall we go. You have the
words of eternal life”. We, Christians, are in a privileged position to
understand the identity of Christ and his mission to the world. The ordained
ministers, the religious and the seminarians are even more privileged. We have the
greater blame if we desert Jesus and his teachings. We also should not cause
others to fall from the way of Christ.
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