Our 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time readings strongly remind us that God constantly feeds us. The familiar and beloved passage from Isaiah (55: 1-3), "All you who are thirsty, come to the water" is followed by St. Paul's passionate defense of the love of Jesus for us in the second reading: "What will separate us from the love of Christ?" Will it be anguish, distress, persecution, famine or nakedness, the sword?...Nothing in his view, not even heavenly spirits can separate us from his love. (Rm 8: 35,37,39). And then in the Gospel, (Mt 13: 13-21) despite his need for restful quiet and prayer after hearing of the death of John the Baptist, he heals countless folks who followed him and then feeds them by multiplying five loaves and two fishes...There's no end to his kindness and concern for our well-being. He is truly the model for our lives, for we as his disciples are called to "feed" others with whatever we have in our "larders", be it food, prayer or simply listening to them and their complaints and hardships. He gives us the strength to do more than we think we can do. May we not disappoint him.
Bro. Rene
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