Jesus said to them, 'I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.' ...

In our Gospel reading Jesus is telling is that he is the bread of life, always there alongside us. That thought should comfort us and also calm our fears.

or feasting on the bread of life. Others turn to the language of the body: running a marathon, wrestling in the dark, climbing a mountain, struggling in labor. Still others draw on nature, geography, ...