Many people are concerned with the food they put in their bodies, but how many consider what they put in their minds? Josef Rodriguez, SJ, reflects on how consuming Jesus in the Eucharist empowers us to be the presence of grace in the world. Based on the readings of the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
You are what you consume!
Hi, I’m Josef Rodriguez, and this is my One-Minute Reflection:
In our First Reading, Wisdom invites us to eat her food and drink her wine, forsaking foolishness. We know the age-old saying of, “You are what you eat.” We concern ourselves over what we put in our bodies; how about what we put in our minds?
There’s a whole buffet of media to choose from for our consumption. Our input will affect our output: If I consume hate, I’ll spew out division. If I consume doom, I’ll exude pessimism. But wisdom fosters wisdom, and hope radiates hope.
In John’s Gospel, Jesus offers himself as the Bread of Life: Consuming this heavenly Bread should transform us into Christ. We cooperate with this grace by feasting at Wisdom’s table and forsaking foolishness, hatred, division, doomspeak and the like.
So what do you consume?
