Wednesday of Week 18 in Ordinary Time (Year II)
Jeremiah 31:1-7 | Jeremiah 31:10-12,13 | Matthew 15:21-28
Jesus replied, ‘It is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the house-dogs.’ She retorted, ‘Ah yes, sir; but even house-dogs can eat the scraps that fall from their master’s table.’ (Matthew 15:26-27)
Such a poetic way of saying, “Lord, I know you came for the Jews rather than us Gentiles, but whatever graces they refuse, I will gladly accept, because I believe in you.”
I’m sure the poor we encounter in our lives feel the same way. They ask not for a four-course restaurant meal; mere Starbucks coffee money for us would suffice to keep them going for a whole day.
In contrast, the bread of eternal life, the Living Word of God, is offered to us free of charge every day. Do we choose to make time each day and sit at His table in silent meditation, or gorge ourselves on a super-salty fast-food meal of secular media and other distractions that never fills?
Lord, Your mission is to save us all. May we never walk away from Your daily invitation to sit, sup and savour the sweetness of your eternal Word of Love. Amen.