Daily Archives: 9 May, 2025

This close. Reflection for marriages. John 6:52-59

From the Gospel according to John
John 6:52-59

The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying,
“How can this man give us his Flesh to eat?”
Jesus said to them,
“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.
Whoever eats my Flesh and drinks my Blood
has eternal life,
and I will raise him on the last day.
For my Flesh is true food,
and my Blood is true drink.
Whoever eats my Flesh and drinks my Blood
remains in me and I in him.
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.
This is the bread that came down from heaven.
Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died,
whoever eats this bread will live forever.”
These things he said while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

This close.

He who eats Your Flesh and drinks Your Blood remains in You. And to eat Your Flesh and drink Your Blood, I must remain in You; otherwise, I will eat and drink my own condemnation. But if I do not eat and drink Your Flesh and Blood, I will not have life within me. So I consume my Lord so that my Lord may make me His, and I may remain in Him and He in me.
This close You want me,
this much Yours You make me,
this deep You enter within,
this full You fill me,
this great You make me grow,
this soft You soften me,
this low You lower Yourself,
this high You lift me,
this much I am Yours and You are mine,
this much You are mine and I am Yours.
Amen.

 

Grounded in married life:

Ángel: Since we’ve had a life of prayer, I feel so much like yours and feel you so much mine…
Carmen: Since we’ve shared a spiritual life together, I feel so inside you and feel you so inside me.
Ángel: It’s as if there’s life in me now.
Carmen: It’s as if my life is in you and yours in me.
Ángel: The mysteries of God, right?
Carmen: Right. They are His mysteries of Love.

 

Mother,

We want to be in Your Immaculate Heart. Thank you, Mother.