Pope Francis: "Jesus is the bread of life"

[trotsky]

http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2015/08/02/pope_francis_jesus_is_the_bread_of_life/1162526

Jesus invites us – the Pope continued – to be open to a perspective which is not only that of daily preoccupation and material needs; Jesus speaks to us of a different kind of food, food which is not corruptible and that we must search for and welcome into our lives.

He exhorts us not to work for food that perishes but “for the food that endures for eternal life which the Son of Man will give us” he said.

With these words – Pope Francis continued – He wants us to understand that beyond a physical hunger, man has a different kind of hunger – “we all have this hunger” – a more important kind of hunger that cannot be satisfied with ordinary food.

“It is the hunger for life - the hunger for eternity - that only He can satisfy because He is the bread of life” he said.

It is in these moments that you can see that despite the happy interfaithy talk, each religion still believes that it and it alone is unique and "true."

[truebrit71]

1. Mmmm...I like sourdough...

Or in Frankie The Wonder Pope's case Sour D'oh!!!

[Fearless]

2. Then why are people starving in "Christian" nations?

[mr blur]

3. More meaningless, useless babble from this ridiculous little man.

Who makes this tripe up?

[Arugula Latte]

14. Don't think too much about it. The collection plate is making its way to you.

[onager]

18. Yeah, that's pretty bad, even for Pope Weeble.

Minor variation on the old wheeze about "a God-shaped hole in our hearts."

Great marketing, though. Create a non-existent need, then sell it to the suckers. Guaranteed to work for chewing gum, cosmetics or Jesus.

“It is the hunger for life - the hunger for eternity - that only He can satisfy because He is the bread of life” he said.

Nice bait-and-switch there! Hunger for life refers to a real thing. Hunger for eternity refers to a fantasy.

[AlbertCat]

4. "Jesus is the bread of life"

Yeah.... but is he gluten free?



More poetry.... that cannot be explained what it means concretely.... even by the Pope.

Unless it just means: "You don't want to die, so the myth of an afterlife is easier to accept if there's a friendly, deathless guy to remind you of the fantasy."


But don't let Jesus into your heart. There's just not enough room and you will have cardiac problems.

[Lordquinton]

6. No, Jesus isn't gluten free

Amazing how a food allergy can undermine a core tenant of a major religion.

[Curmudgeoness]

7. Have no fear, with God, there is always a way.

Catholic Communion and Celiac Disease: the Options

The Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in Clyde, Missouri, have developed a Communion host that is extremely low in gluten. They have worked for ten years on this project. The host is made from gelatinized wheat starch. The hosts have been tested for the presence of gluten. According to the Sisters, they were tested to a level of 0.01% gluten.

http://www.catholicceliacs.org/Options.html



And who would have thought that there was a Catholic Celiacs Organization.

[Lordquinton]

10. But is it Papal approved?

We don't want heretics distributing false Jesus wafers after all.

[Curmudgeoness]

12. Good Lord!!!!!

Are you calling the nuns heretics now? The blasphemy in this group just never ends!!!

[Lordquinton]

19. We all know what happened to the last group of women

Who tried to stand up to papal authority.

[LiberalAndProud]

21. This is unpossible. There is no fucking way a gluten free wafer can possibly transmute

to the body of Christ. That shit needs gluten, I'm telling you.

[Curmudgeoness]

22. It is not unpossible. I'm telling you,

with God, all things are possible. You are right, the church agrees with you that there must be gluten. ("Catholic Church states that Communion bread must be made of only wheat and water with "sufficient gluten to attain the confection of bread,"...)

But this is where it gets hinkey. "The host is made from gelatinized wheat starch. The hosts have been tested for the presence of gluten. According to the Sisters, they were tested to a level of 0.01% gluten."

You remember that old mustard seed quote, right? We aren't talking about the quantity needing to be significant. It don't require much to transmute.....just a molecule. (Yes, I think it says that in the Bible.)

[LiberalAndProud]

25. What is the confection of bread?

I never was catholic, but the brittle wafers reminded me more of uncooked spaghetti than bread. OMG, FSM!

[Tobin S.]

5. That kind of food would have to have a lot of unhealthy preservatives to last an eternity.

Is the Pope talking about Twinkies?

[AtheistCrusader]

8. No thanks. I'm on a low carb diet.

[Binkie The Clown]

9. I'm waiting for the religion that has...

... the peperoni pizza of life.

[deucemagnet]

11. "Jesus is the bland wafer of self-delusion."

I think I like my quote better.

[Arugula Latte]

13. What about homo sapiens who were living in the 198,000 years

before Jesus, and the Neanderthals who co-existed with these humans? Not only were they alive before The Son of Man was born after the Sky God raped a virgin in Judea, they probably mostly ate paleo. I mean, what is fair about that?

[Curmudgeoness]

23. Fool!

The Earth is only 6000 years old, and anyone who says differently is a big fat liar.

[Arugula Latte]

15. Hold the phone. I think he's right, after all. Here is proof:

[trotsky]

16. I have seen the light!

Well at least the light parts that didn't get charred!

[FiveGoodMen]

17. Photoshop or actual coincidence?

That's pretty detailed.

[salimbag]

20. Wow! A miracle!

I love Alice Cooper.

[Jokerman]

24. "Bread is the jesus of life"

Makes just as much sense to me.

[RussBLib]

26. I have greatly reduced my bread intake

once in a while I fall back on the easy and comfortable and have some toast

[awoke_in_2003]

27. Reminds me of my favorite catholic joke

A new priest at his first mass was so nervous he could hardly speak. After mass he asked the monsignor how he had done. The monsignor replied, "When I am worried about getting nervous on the pulpit, I put a glass of vodka next to the water glass. If I start to get nervous, I take a sip."

So the next sunday he took the monsignor's advice. at the beginning of the sermon, he got nervous and took a drink. He proceeded to talk up a storm. Upon return to his office after mass, he found the following note on his door:

- sip the vodka, don't gulp

- there are 10 commandments, not 12

- there are 12 disciples, not 10

- Jesus was consecrated, not constipated

- Jacob wagered his donkey, he did not beat his ass

- we do not refer to Jesus Christ as the late J.C.

- The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are not referred to as Daddy, Junior, and Spook

- when Jesus broke the bread at the Last Supper he said, "take this and eat it, for it is my body", he did not say "eat me."

- the Virgin Mary is not referred to as the "mary with the cherry"

- the recommended grace before a meal is not: "rub-a-dub-dub, thanks for the grub, yea God."

- next sunday there will be a taffy-pulling contest at St. Peter's, not a peter-pulling contest at St. Taffy's