06/08/2026
โ๐ช๐ฒโ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ด๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ!โ
We read in the Books of Exodus and Numbers how God worked many wonders in bringing His people out of Egypt. The Israelites saw the 10 Plagues play out before their very eyes. They saw the Red Sea opened in front of them as they walked through dry shod. They ate their fill of the manna and drank the water from the rock. There is not much more that God and Moses could have done to convince the people that everything was under control. Nonetheless,
โ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ข, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ; ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด, โ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ถ๐ด ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐จ๐บ๐ฑ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด? ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐จ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ.โ (๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด 21:4-5)
Itโs amazing how quickly the people go from being amazed at the appearance of the manna to calling it โwretched food.โ It all points to a vexing aspect of our human nature. We seem to be quite capable of adapting to just about anything, whether it is good or bad. On the one hand it seems to serve us well. The climate out here in western Kansas isnโt that great, but weโre used to it. On the other hand we can be the beneficiaries of the goodness and generosity of others. At first we are grateful, but as time goes on we come to expect their goodness and develop a sense of entitlement for it.
Today is the Feast of the Body and Blood of Jesus. It should be part of the daily practice of every Christian to contemplate the incomprehensible humility of our God Who makes Himself accessible to all of us under the meek forms of bread and wine. The great miracle of God coming to us under the form of bread and wine should leave us speechless. Yet, like the Israelites, we are more than capable of receiving this great gift and giving it no more thought and dropping a letter in the mailbox. Do we prepare to receive Our Lord worthily by getting to confession regularly and observing the Communion fast? If not, while we might not say it outright, by our attitude and actions we may be voicing the same attitude of the ancient Israelites of โbeing disgusted with this wretched food.โ And no one wants that!
