WORD 2day: Friday, 3rd week in Easter
April 24, 2026 - Acts 9:1-20; John 6: 52-59
When Jesus said he would give his flesh to eat, the people objected calling it impossible. When Paul said he would preach Christ to the end of the world, people again objected calling it unbelievable. That is how the world is... you keep doing all the good you intend to.
Saul, who became Paul, knew what it meant to become one flesh with Christ. He knew he could not remain the same... he was called to be a new creation. That new creation, was the imitation of Christ. He was convinced that he was called to become, not merely an apostle of Christ, but one with Christ! He knew the passion that filled Christ's heart and understood the mission that occupied his mind. That is how he grows to be one flesh with Christ - he felt, thought, and acted, like Christ. He was able to even say, it is no longer i, it is Christ who lives in me!
When Jesus offers us his flesh, this is exactly what he intends for us - to transform with world into the Reign of God, we need to be transformed into people of the Reign and this can happen only with our total internal transformation into Christ... becoming one with, or becoming, Christ.
The invitation is clear: to become like Christ, to live like Christ, to become one flesh with Christ. We are given all the opportunities to progress on this call but the challenge is that we take this task to heart. May the body we eat and the blood we consume make us more and more one with Him.