“For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son
and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him on
the last day.” John 6:40
Do you believe in Jesus? Unquestionably the answer is “Yes.”
However, to believe in our Lord is something that must deepen with
every passing day. Therefore, if you do have faith in Jesus, you
can also admit that you do not have faith enough. In this Gospel
passage in which the “Bread of Life Discourse” is continued, Jesus
calls us to do two things. First, we must see Him. Second,
we must believe. Let’s start with the first.
When Jesus first spoke these words to the crowd, they did see His
physical presence. But many of them did not see beyond the surface.
They saw His miracles, heard His teaching, but very few saw the
deeper reality of Jesus as the Son of the Eternal Father and the
Savior of the World.
If you are to believe in our Lord and all that He is, then you must
first see Him. One of the best ways to foster this “holy sight” of
our Lord is to gaze at Him in the Most Holy Eucharist. When you
attend Mass or spend time in adoration and look upon the Most Holy
Eucharist, what do you see? Do you see the Eternal Son? Do you see
His holy divinity? Do you see your God and the Lord of all?
As we stand or kneel before our Lord, present in the Most Holy
Eucharist, it’s easy to become distracted. It’s easy to allow our
minds to wander to the many other aspects of our daily lives and to
fail to see the eternal Son of God as He is present to us.
Reflect, today, upon the way you look at our Lord. If you want to
deepen your faith, your belief, then start with your sight. Start
by considering how you look at Jesus, present in the Most Holy
Eucharist. If you are blessed to be with Him this day at the Holy
Mass or in adoration, examine the way to see Him. Gaze at Him. Make
an intentional act of faith in His divine presence. Acknowledge His
Godhead, His glory, His holiness and His sacred presence. If you
can look beyond the surface and lift the veil that covers His
glory, then this holy gift of sight will give way, also, to the
gift of profound faith.
My ever-present Lord, I thank You profoundly for the way You
come to me in the Most Holy Eucharist. I thank You for Your divine
presence and glory. Help me to see beyond the veil of the
appearance of bread and wine so that I can see more clearly Your
divinity. As I see Your divine presence, dear Lord, help me to
profess my belief in You with greater certitude and faith. Jesus, I
trust in You.
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