“I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.” - The gospel passage on today’s feast of the apostles Sts. Philip and James is John 14:6-14. Jesus speaks these well-known words (Jn. 14: 6) to His apostles in the context of the Last Supper. Jesus has just said that He goes ahead to prepare a place for them, “so that where I am, there you may be also.”

"Why We Come to God" - The exchange between Jesus and the crowd in today’s Gospel reading (John 6:22-29) should raise questions for all of us about what we expect from God, from Christ, from religion or from faith. “Amen, amen” he says to them, “you are looking for me not because you saw signs but because you ate the loaves and were filled.”