Tuesday, July 23, 2013

16th Week, Ordinary Time, Wednesday, 24-07-13

Exodus 16:1-5, 9-15 / Matthew 13:1-9    (2019)

The grass on the other side always seem to be greener. Or so it seems. Until we get there.

And then the grass from where we came from would seem to be much better and greener and then we will start comparing again, and wishing we could go back there.

We have to admit that we are often not satisfied and contented with where we are at and with what we have and we keep imagining there is a better place elsewhere.

In the 1st reading, we heard that the Israelites had their freedom from slavery in Egypt. But now out in the wilderness, they began to complain about hunger and the lack of food.

Just hardly two months after they had left Egypt and now they were saying that slavery in Egypt was better than freedom in the wilderness.

The Israelites have a long way to go in order to learn that the Lord is their God, and that whether it was in Egypt or in the wilderness, the Lord God is teaching them something.

We too, have a long way to go in order to learn that the Lord is our God in whatever situations we are in and wherever we are at.

We may find ourselves on the edge of the path of life; we may feel that we are on rocky ground; we may find ourselves getting mangled by the thorns of life.

But there is always a reason for where we are at and the difficulties we are experiencing.

Yet, even in the face of difficulties and challenges, we are fed with God's grace and given strength to produce a harvest in spite of adverse conditions.

So let us listen to God's Word, let us be filled with the Bread of Life and let us produce a harvest of joy.