Sunday 11 August 2024
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
1 Kings 19:4-8. Taste and see the goodness of the Lord – Psalm 33(34):2-9. Ephesians 4:30 – 5:2. John 6:41-51.
The sustenance of Jesus
There is a theme of sustenance, food and life in the readings today. We need physical food and water for our bodies to function. Elijah experienced this when he was ready to give up. God got him going again and he was able to continue his journey of 40 days to Horeb. As we know, Jesus had his own journey in the wilderness of 40 days – there is solace in this link between the Old Testament and the New, in the knowledge that God provides sustenance across the eons. The sustenance Jesus provides in being the ‘bread of life’ is how he settles in our own hearts and encourages us to be kind, compassionate and forgiving; to let go of bitterness, fury, anger, shouting and malice in the knowledge that harbouring these feelings harms us. May we find what sustains our hearts, looking to Jesus as our example.
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