In John 7 Jesus makes it clear that He is the Living Water Jeremiah spoke of when he prophesied to the people of Israel. The children of Israel had turned their backs on their Bridegroom for Baal and other gods. The prophet sounded like a wounded lover while speaking for God. The people were seeking their drink from "broken cisterns" that held no water. Jesus is our unbroken cistern. His Blood is our unquenchable drink. He is our Bread from Heaven. He is the True Bread from heaven, He alone satisfies our desires. But there is something unique about this Living Water and Heavenly Bread, though our thirst and hunger is sated in Him alone, our hunger and thirst for Him grows deeper and deeper! The prophet said, "Taste and see that the Lord is good.", This is why Holy Mass is never mundane to those who are hungry and thirsty for Jesus! And to stay hungry and thirsty is a grace given that we must humbly live in. I lose my hunger and thirst so easily if I look to other things for my drink and food. Things that are not His Body and Blood, His words, and His nearness, His sacred Heart. "Come to the Fountain....and drink." He is our Fountain.
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