𝗪𝗛𝗬 𝗚𝗢 𝗧𝗢 𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗥𝗖𝗛? | Homily 04 August 2024 with Fr. Jerry Orbos, SVD | 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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This Holy Mass is celebrated via online and presided by the Rev. Fr. Jerry Orbos, SVD (Missionary to SVD-PH Central Province/ SVD Mission – Superior Delegatus and Vocation Promoter) at the Diocesan Shrine of Jesus the Divine Word at Christ the King Mission Seminary, Quezon City.

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A friend of mine told me that when he first came to America, he found it strange that people he met on the road would ask him: “What’s up, man?” Not knowing what that meant, he would look up and answer: “There’s a bird up there, there’s a plane, there’s a rainbow …” He said he got so tired of answering the question every day that he avoided people so as not to talk to them on the road.
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What, who are you looking for? In today’s Gospel (John 6: 24-35), we hear how the crowd got into boats and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus. And when they found Him, Jesus told them: “Amen, amen, I say to you, you are looking for Me not because you saw signs but because you ate the loaves and were filled.” Ask yourself today: Why are you looking for Jesus? Why are you following Jesus? Why do you try to be good? Why do you pray? May we look for Jesus not only for what He can give or do for us but for who He is for us.
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May we go beyond a transactional, functional, pragmatic relationship with God, toward a