Some of the disciples are so turned off by the Lord’s teaching on the bread of life that they leave him and return to their former way of life.

Our lives are filled with moments that present definitive forks in the road. Should I go to college or take that job at my uncle’s shop? Should I pop the question with this romantic partner or continue to look for a spouse?

In my memory, it is the most miserable night of my life. My job that summer was at a canoe trip camp. I was a lifeguard and water safety instructor, but I had never paddled a canoe in my life.

Contemplative Monk Father Thomas Keating, O.C.S.O. tells the story in a long-ago interview in U.S. Catholic of a fellow monk who receives word that his sister has been murdered. The monk goes to his sister’s apartment and sits in silence as he examines the scene of the crime.

The assembled tribes of Israel reaffirmed their faith in God when they remembered what God had done for them in bringing them out of slavery. They remembered God’s promises.

That we may grow in holiness, we ask God for forgiveness.

Hold your eyes on God and leave the doing to Him. That is all the doing you have to worry about.