Seeking something?

You cannot serve two masters.

24 [a]“No one can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
[b] 25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat [or drink], or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds in the sky; they do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you more important than they? 27 Can any of you by worrying add a single moment to your life-span?[c] 28 Why are you anxious about clothes? Learn from the way the wild flowers grow. They do not work or spin. 29 But I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was clothed like one of them. 30 [d]If God so clothes the grass of the field, which grows today and is thrown into the oven tomorrow, will he not much more provide for you, O you of little faith? 31 So do not worry and say, ‘What are we to eat?’ or ‘What are we to drink?’ or ‘What are we to wear?’ 32 All these things the pagans seek. Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first the kingdom [of God] and his righteousness,[e] and all these things will be given you besides. 34 Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil.-Matthew6:24-34

It is very true - we cannot serve two masters. We cannot serve God and mammon; we cannot give 100% to two jobs; we cannot give our heart - our complete love - to two persons. There has to be one only. Jesus today is not saying we must not work or we do not need money. Remember, we need money to pay our bills, to pay our taxes, to buy some things at the house. Jesus is teaching and helping us remember that He is the Great Provider; He knows and provides speedily for our needs. We need not worry because He will help us, but we have to give our best and we have to help ourselves too. Our focus must be God only. As Jesus said, "...seek first the kingdom [of God] and his righteousness,[e] and all these things [material needs] will be given you besides."

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True Meal

True bread.

52 The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us [his] flesh to eat?” 53 Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. 54 Whoever eats[a] my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. 57 Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever.” 59 These things he said while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.-John6:52-59

In the gospel reading, Jesus specifically mentioned that His flesh and blood are true food and drink. It is saddening that some take the Eucharist for granted, not knowing how much grace it gives to any person who takes it. However, the Eucharist, the Word and the Church must go hand in hand. What we learn from the Church, what we contemplated and meditated on the Word, and partaking of the Eucharist must abound and exist in our life. We have to cooperate with God, His will and plan so that our life will be meaningful.

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