Your Faith Journey - Finding God Through Words, Song And Praise

As I think back to the years when my kids were growing up, I remember late afternoons and evenings when they would sit at the kitchen table doing their homework.   I would frequently sit with them as they worked, attempting to encourage them and help as necessary.  I clearly remember times when they would be working on something rather challenging, when they would not quite understand how to do something, when they just seemed not to be getting it.  At those times, they would often get frustrated and exclaim, “This is soooo hard!”   They just wanted to give up.  Well, today, we find something similar in our gospel reading.  The people are gathered together, listening to Jesus as he teaches in the synagogue.  And, when he is done, a bunch of his followers come to him and say, “Jesus, this teaching is soooo hard!”  This is the last week of five in which we hear about Jesus as the bread of life.  Jesus has been telling the people this meal he offers them doesn’t come from the fields or the sea, but from his very