[Resettozero]

66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

Understanding which disciples left Him and which 12 remained in spite of this hard saying of Jesus, depends on which of the spirits is being followed, and whether a disciple loves Jesus or merely knows about Him.

(Where else are we going to go?)

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Yes. As the Catechism says, “The Eucharist and the Cross are stumbling blocks. It is the same mystery and it never ceases to be an occasion of division.”

[roamer_1]

Understanding which disciples left Him and which 12 remained in spite of this hard saying of Jesus, depends on which of the spirits is being followed, and whether a disciple loves Jesus or merely knows about Him.

Ah, but this hits the nail on the head! And one might note that those who left him were those who thought he spoke of cannibalism - the actual flesh and actual blood - It is those who stayed that heard the solution to the riddle, from Yeshua's own mouth, that he was speaking of spirit, and that the flesh counted for nothing...

Good Post.