Hungering for the Lord - 19th Sunday in OT

You have heard the saying before: “In other places people EAT TO LIVE but in New Orleans we LIVE TO EAT.” For New Orleaneans, eating is a ritual. Sharing a meal together is a source of nourishment; it is a source of strength; it is a source of building relationships. Because of our lived experiences, I believe all of us know what it means to hunger for God … to have this holy hunger, this deep thirst of the soul that can only be satisfied by God Himself. It is hunger pains that go much deeper than physical hunger. Our spiritual hunger can only be satisfied by the sacred body of Jesus; our holy thirst that can only be quenched by his precious blood. And when God touches you through His sacred Body and Blood, your entire life is transformed; your life takes on a new direction as a disciple of Jesus.