As a person of faith, what does wisdom mean to you? Wisdom has a built a house and is having a banquet spread with her teaching. Will you attend, “not as foolish persons but as wise”? What will you find on the table?

Come to my fabulous dinner party! Wisdom calls from the heights of the city. Taste and see that the Lord is good! the Psalmist sings. Be filled with the Spirit! Paul urges the Ephesians. And Jesus proclaims that his flesh is true food, his blood true drink! Most of the folks who hear these marvelous calls go out, yawn and decline the invitation. Why is that?

Whoever believes in me has real life, eternal life. I am the Bread of Life. Your ancestors ate the manna bread in the desert and died. But now here is Bread that truly comes down out of heaven. Anyone eating this Bread will not die, ever.

The Lord forever asks us to simply sample his way of doing things, of seeing the world, of treating others. Once we do, we will see the goodness of it and hunger and thirst for more.

In scripture this week we continue to deepen our awareness of the mystery of Christ’s presence. To open ourselves further to Christ, we turn to God’s grace and mercy.

Jesus spoke of the need to eat his flesh and drink his blood to have eternal life in terms of the past, present, and future.

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.