{"id":2723,"date":"2018-12-05T09:13:06","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T14:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/?p=2723"},"modified":"2018-12-05T09:13:06","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T14:13:06","slug":"rich-food-and-choice-wines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/rich-food-and-choice-wines\/","title":{"rendered":"Rich Food and Choice Wines"},"content":{"rendered":"

In today’s readings (Dec. 5th, Wednesday of the First Week of Advent, Year 1)<\/a>, we hear of the Lord providing for his people.\u00a0 He provides the nourishment we need<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

In the gospel today we again find Jesus going up on the mountain, a sign of moving closer to God.\u00a0 The people gather around him, including “the lame, the blind, the deformed, the mute,\u00a0and many others<\/em>.”\u00a0 He cured them.\u00a0 After that, Jesus recognizes how all those people, numbered “four thousand men, not counting women and children<\/em>” in Matthew 15:38, needed food.\u00a0 Jesus knows what our physical bodies need.<\/p>\n

So, he fed the whole crowd.\u00a0 The first reading from Isaiah speaks of the Lord providing “rich food and choice wines<\/em>” but it was not steak and lobster he provided.\u00a0 It was not a fancy meal he provided.\u00a0 It was simple bread.\u00a0 Why bread?\u00a0 Just as we use water in Baptism as a basic necessity of life, so too is bread seen as a basic staple of life.\u00a0 Jesus provides what we need<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Jesus knows what our physical bodies need.\u00a0 He also knows what our souls need.\u00a0 Both require nourishment.\u00a0 Jesus provides us with greatest meal to nourish us.\u00a0 It truly is “rich food and choice wines<\/em>” but it is not steak and lobster.\u00a0 The food is nothing fancier and it’s probably not your favorite physical food.\u00a0 The wine is not an expensive body of fine wine.\u00a0 For this meal, Jesus starts with unleavened bread that looks not much different than a cracker and a simple bottle of wine, adds grace in the transubstantiation, as well as the sacrifice of Jesus to feed us with the greatest food there is, The Body and Blood of Christ<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Peace,<\/p>\n

Fr. Jeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In today’s readings (Dec. 5th, Wednesday of the First Week of Advent, Year 1), we hear of the Lord providing for his people.\u00a0 He provides the nourishment we need. In the gospel today we again find Jesus going up on the mountain, a sign of moving closer to God.\u00a0 The people gather around him, including …<\/p>\n

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