The Incarnation and the Exultation: An Advent Devotional - The Second Sunday of Advent
Sponsored
Catholic365 is sponsored by
Road to Purity
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst.”
John 6:35
John’s Gospel speaks powerfully of how Jesus gives us himself in the Eucharist. He is the bread of life that came down from heaven. As Jesus offered his body and blood on the cross, so he offers his body and blood to us now in the Eucharist. Those who receive Christ need never hunger or thirst again. His is the imperishable food, the enduring nourishment, the eternal sustenance.
Strengthened by the Eucharist, we are empowered to go forth to love the world with the same constant love that we have experienced in Jesus. As we have been nourished, so too can we pour ourselves into the lives of others. There are so many who don’t see what they have been offered because they are too caught up in the empty, unsatisfying, and worthless offerings of the world. Our seat at the table in the Kingdom of God allows us to invite others to join in the heavenly feast.
Questions for reflection
How has Jesus satisfied your hunger with his love? How have you encountered his bountiful love in the Eucharist?
What Scriptures can you share with the lost to help to point them to the One who can satisfy all their needs?
How can you share what the Eucharist brings to you with other men today?
Praying with Scripture
On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of choice wines — of fat things full of marrow, of choice wines well refined. (Is 25:6)
You can learn more about the To the Ends of the Earth Series HERE
You can watch and listen to this devotion HERE
Mark C. McCann is an author and Ministry Consultant with more than 30 years of writing and ministry experience. He has published articles for a number of Catholic magazines and websites including St. Anthony Messenger, Emmanuel Magazine, Liguorian Magazine, Catholic Stand, the Connecticut Catholic Men's Conference, and Homiletic and Pastoral Review. He recently published the 4-volume Catholic men's devotional, To the Ends of the Earth, as well as the 2021 Advent Daybreaks devotional and 2022 Lenten Daybreaks devotional with Liguori Publishing. He has also released his End Times novel series, Jacob's Dream: The Vision and Jacob's Dream: The Final Battle. He was a radio host and producer for 8 years at a Connecticut Christian radio station and has worked as a Catholic religion teacher/campus minister and a parish youth minister. He has also served the Norwich, CT Diocese as a Youth Ministry Director and Family Life Director. He currently lives in Connecticut with his Proverbs 31 wife, where together they have brought up three incredible children. He strives each day to live out his call to be a man of words. You can learn more about Mark and his writing at www.wordsnvisions.com.
