Homily 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B - 4th August 2024
My dear friends today we celebrate the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B. The readings today reflect on the importance of physical and spiritual bread in our lives. In the first reading taken from the book of Exodus, we read the narrative of the Israelites complaining against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, after which God provides quail and manna to them. Even though they are seen complaining against Moses and Aaron, they are, in fact complaining against God, accusing Him of bringing the whole community into the wilderness for annihilation by hunger, not liberation. God responds to the people’s murmuring with the promise that bread will be rained from Heaven. However, God wanted to see if the people would obey His instruction or not. Thus, He commanded the people to gather only as much as they needed each day without leaving any for the next day. The people, however, did not obey and gathered more than they required. There are a couple of lessons we learn from this na...