Gospel Reading: John 6:40-44 (For the departed - Thursday)
The Lord said to the Jews who came to him: "For this
is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes
in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last
day." The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, "I am the bread
which came down from heaven." They said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of
Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, 'I have
come down from heaven'?" Jesus answered them, "Do not murmur among
yourselves. No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws
him; and I will raise him up at the last day."
