So if you have ever shopped for a bible, you are probably aware that there are many different versions out there, the NAB, RSV, KJV, NIV... many different versions. One version that I find interesting is the Jefferson Bible.  Thomas Jefferson, our 3rd President, took scissors to his bible and cut out all of the miracles of Jesus, all of the stuff he couldn’t personally believe from the Gospels, including the Resurrection and the Ascension, again, miracles, and pasted what was left into a new book, known as the Jefferson Bible.

So I went on retreat last week, just got back yesterday afternoon in time for confessions. I spent the week at a Benedcitine Abbey. It was a great week, I prayed a lot, I slept a lot, and I even read a whole book.  Only about 100 pages, but a big accomplishment for me, I can hardly ever find time to read.

Today we continue with the Bread of Life Discourse.  This is no doubt a difficult teaching, just as it was then for the Jews who murmured in today’s reading, and even some of the disciples who walked away later in the chapter.