Sunday 18 August 2024
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Proverbs 9:1-6. Taste and see the goodness of the Lord – Psalm 33(34):2-3, 10-15. Ephesians 5:15-20. John 6:51-58.
Jesus, the living bread
The first reading today causes me to be grateful for all the wise people who have helped me along the way, especially when I thought I knew more than I really did. An old man once told me of a time he was in hospital and had lost his appetite. He didn’t feel like eating anything and was growing weak. A nurse suggested, ‘why don’t you try some dry ginger ale’. It was perfect. Just what he wanted. He then said that wisdom is like that. A wise word or a wise decision has a taste that just feels right, that appeals to the palette of our soul. Jesus is a teacher of wisdom, the greatest that ever lived. When he says, ‘I am the living bread’, he is challenging us to identify our true hungers. A relationship with God is what will feed us. It is the bread that will nourish us on our most lacklustre days.
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