Fed By Jesus

It is striking how often a meal becomes a significant moment with Jesus and his disciples. He feeds the multitudes as  precursor to the Eucharistic Meal, The walk to Emmaus ends with the recognition of Jesus "in the breaking of the bread," and after a night of futile fishing, Peter and the gang find Jesus cooking breakfast for them on the beach.  After the meal, Peter has a chance to reverse his three-fold denial with a three-fold affirmation of his love for Jesus. Food, food, and again, food.  But not just for itself, rather it is nourishment from a loving Jesus that transforms them into dauntless evangelizers, leaders and eventual martyrs. 
We gather weekly, even daily, for that same loving nourishment in the Eucharist which potentially can transform us into similar evangelizers, preachers, and martyrs, if not in body, then in spirit, as we lay our lives, our plans, our talents at the feet of Jesus for him to use touch the hearts of others. A meal, a conversation, an act of kindness, a word of concern, a sincere show of interest in the happenings in someone else's life, something simple,  can become the nourishment that feeds others as we have been fed by Jesus.
Bro. Rene