1. Risen Life (2) Heavenly Food 2 nd Sunday, 50 Joyous days

2. St. John Chrysostom "Homilies on the Treachery of Judas" 1,6; d. 407 A.D  It is not the power of man which makes what is put before us the Body and Blood of Christ, but the power of Christ Himself who was crucified for us. The priest standing there in the place of Christ says these words but their power and grace are from God. 'This is My Body,' he says, and these words transform what lies before him.

3. New Family and New Building  19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief corner stone, 21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. Eph 2:19-22

4. New Knowledge  19 We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.  20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true ; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life. 1 Jn 5:19, 20

5. St. John Chrysostom (PG 59:261)  This blood is the salvation of our soul; it cleanses our souls, it beautifies our soul;... it makes it shine even more than gold. Through the pouring out of this blood, it becomes possible to walk the path of heaven.

6. New Life giving Bread  9 And in a window sat a certain young man named Eutychus, who was sinking into a deep sleep. He was overcome by sleep; and as Paul continued speaking, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead. 10 But Paul went down, fell on him, and embracing him said, “Do not trouble yourselves, for his life is in him.” 11 Now when he had come up, had broken bread and eaten, and talked a long while, even till daybreak, he departed. 12 And they brought the young man in alive, and they were not a little comforted. Acts 20:9-12

7. New Heavenly Food  35 And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. 36 But I said to you that you have seen Me and yet do not believe. Jn 6:35,36

8. St. Ignatius of Antioch Epistle to the Romans, 7, 110 A.D  I desire the Bread of God, the heavenly Bread, the Bread of Life, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who became afterwards of the seed of David and Abraham; I wish the drink of God, namely His blood, which is incorruptible love and eternal life.