Greg Friedman, OFM

Our Sunday Mass nourishes us, prepares us, even obliges us to feed the hungry seeking nourishment and healing.

It isn’t lack of money that usually keeps me from being as intense about the Kingdom of God as Jesus proposes. How about you? What’s distracting you from the Kingdom?

No matter what obstacles it faces, no matter how small the efforts of Christians seem, the Kingdom of God will flourish.

The cycle of growing, the passage of seasons, the risks of planting crops—all these activities teach a lot about life. Perhaps that’s why the Scriptures use farming images so frequently.

In addition to the Lord’s encouragement that we come to him with our burdens, he invites us to “take up his yoke” and “learn from him.” His meekness and humility show us a way to bear our burdens.

Being a Christian in gospel terms is serious business indeed. The context of Christian hospitality is self-sacrificing love–the love that leads to accepting one’s cross.

Jesus tells the crowds that he himself will be true food and drink for them. Jesus the living bread will give them eternal life.