July 26, 17th Sunday in OT. B.

Today’s Gospel reading focuses on God’s amazing abundance. Two stories of “Plenty” form the first reading and the Gospel. Both involve bread, both involve hungry people. Have you thought of the connection between Eucharist and hunger? Isn’t it “odd” that we celebrate the abundance of Eucharist–the presence of the One Who gave enough food to fill the hungry and have much left over–in the midst of a society with so many women and children in poverty, and in the midst of a world with so many starving? I don’t know about you, but instead of concentrating, today, on what God’s “abundance” can mean for us, who already have so much, why don’t we concentrate on what we can do to bring abundance to those in need? I think Christ would be pleased with that response. We should call it “Eucharistic Living.” What do you say?