Aug
12
What is it?—Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Cycle B)
1 Kings 18:44; Ephesians 4:30–5:2; John 6:41–51
Man hu (מו הוא)? That's Hebrew for "What is it?" And that’s what the Hebrews said in last week’s reading from Exodus. You might recall the people of Israel, after grumbling about starving, are given bread in the morning and quail in the evening. They look at the “bread,” which is the evaporated dew that became a flakey bread-like substance, and they ask a very good question: what is this?
When we consider the Eucharist, we perhaps don’t consider this question nearly enough.
Man hu (מו הוא)? That's Hebrew for "What is it?" And that’s what the Hebrews said in last week’s reading from Exodus. You might recall the people of Israel, after grumbling about starving, are given bread in the morning and quail in the evening. They look at the “bread,” which is the evaporated dew that became a flakey bread-like substance, and they ask a very good question: what is this?
When we consider the Eucharist, we perhaps don’t consider this question nearly enough.
