+ Once again we hear on oft repeated gospel passage and theme at this time of the summer: it is the great "Bread of Life" series that seems appropriate as we imagine the crowds of thousands of men, women and children reclining on the hillsides and being fed miraculously by loaves given them by Jesus: loaves that would only stop multiplying when he gives the word.
It is so very comforting to know that this miracle points to the time when he would give us the continuously flowing Bread of his Very Own Life – the consecrated Bread of the Eucharist – to be our daily food – not only for the duration of our own lives – but for the duration of the life of this world: until the end of time, in other words. Jesus will be present in our tabernacles until then, he will be present at Mass until then, and he will therefore be present in the depths of our hearts until then – because receiving him in communion is the only way that will provide this particular kind of depth of intimate union: the reassuring kind, the comforting kind, the healing kind, the hopeful kind, the joyful kind, the peaceful kind.
Moses had his hands full with the people of Israel – God's specially chosen ones – because they simply did not trust him enough to see to it that they got what they needed when they needed it. Let it not be that way with us! If we trust him absolutely and completely – he will give us everything we need not only spiritually but materially as well – we will have just enough for our purposes according to his plan. Who could ask for anything more!
One does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.
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