Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time

(06/21/2026) Gospel Reading: John 6:30-35

 

“I Am the Bread of Life”

 

The Spirit of truth will testify to me, says the Lord;

and you also will testify.

 

From the desk of Fr. Leo

Save St. Rose!

Letter Writing Campaign

Your voice matters. Help save our parish family, our faith community, and a vital part of Crockett’s history. Please share your concerns about the proposed closure of St. Rose of Lima directly with Bishop Barber.

How you can help:

1. Send an email and/or a hard-copy letter to Bishop Barber. Personal messages from parishioners, former parishioners, community members, and supporters can make a difference.

2. If sending an email, please copy (cc) the individuals listed below to ensure your message is heard by those involved in the decision-making process.

What to Share:

     • Why St. Rose is important to you and your family.

     • How the parish serves the spiritual, pastoral, and community needs of Crockett.

     • The impact this closure would have on parishioners, seniors, families, and future generations.

     • Your request that the Diocese reconsider its decisions and keep St. Rose open.

Make your voice heard! Let Bishop Barber and his leadership team know that preserving St. Rose of Lima is important not only to our parishioners but to the entire Crockett community.


Together, we can demonstrate the strength, faith, and commitment of our parish family!

• The Most Reverend Michael C. Barber, SJ, Bishop Diocese of Oakland 2121 Harrison Street Oakland, CA 94612

bishop@oakdiocese.org

• Attila Bardos, Diocese of Oakland Chief Financial Officer

Abardos@oakdiocese.org

• Lisa Oberempt, Parishes Controller

loberempt@oakdiocese.org

• Father Lawrence D’Anjou, Vicar General

ldanjou@oakdiocese.org

• Helen Osman, Director of Communications

hosman@oakdiocese.org

• John Pluth, Controller

jpluth@oakdiocese.org

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Meditation: Do you hunger for the bread of life? The Jews had always regarded the manna in the wilderness as the bread of God (Psalm 78:24, Exodus 16:15). There was a strong Rabbinic belief that when the Messiah came he would give manna from heaven. This was the supreme work of Moses. Now the Jewish leaders were demanding that Jesus produce manna from heaven as proof to his claim to be the Messiah. Jesus responds by telling them that it was not Moses who gave the manna, but God. And the manna given to Moses and the people was not the real bread from heaven, but only a symbol of the bread to come.

Jesus then makes the claim which only God can make: I am the bread of life. The bread which Jesus offers is none else than the very life of God. This is the true bread which can truly satisfy the hunger in our hearts. The manna from heaven prefigured the superabundance of the unique bread of the Eucharist or Lord's Supper which Jesus gave to his disciples on the eve of his sacrifice. The manna in the wilderness sustained the Israelites on their journey to the Promised Land. It could not produce eternal life for the Israelites.

The bread which Jesus offers his disciples sustains us not only on our journey to the heavenly paradise, it gives us the abundant supernatural life of God which sustains us both now and for all eternity. When we receive from the Lord's table we unite ourselves to Jesus Christ, who makes us sharers in his body and blood and partakers of his divine life. Ignatius of Antioch (35-107 A.D.) calls it the "one bread that provides the medicine of immortality, the antidote for death, and the food that makes us live for ever in Jesus Christ" (Ad Eph. 20,2). This supernatural food is healing for both body and soul and strength for our journey heavenward. Do you hunger for God and for the food which produces everlasting life?

Lord Jesus Christ, you are the bread of life. You alone can satisfy the hunger in my heart. May I always find in you, the true bread from heaven, the source of life and nourishment I need to sustain me on my journey to the promised land of heaven.

read more at: http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org

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