“The busyness of things obscures our concentration on God … Never let a hurried lifestyle disturb the relationship “

The Sunday is the core of our civilization, dedicated to thought and reverence. It invites to the noblest solitude and to the noblest society.—Ralph Waldo Emerson: (1803 – 1882: was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid- 19th century.)

Gospel Text: (MK 2:23-28)

As Jesus was passing through a field of grain on the sabbath,
his disciples began to make a path while picking the heads of grain.
At this the Pharisees said to him,
"Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?"
He said to them,
"Have you never read what David did
when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry?
How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest
and ate the bread of offering that only the priests could lawfully eat,
and shared it with his companions?"
Then he said to them,
"The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath.
That is why the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath."

Sunday is a day when we remember that we are on this planet for just a short few years and that we are here to prepare for eternal life. Every Sunday is meant to be a foretaste of heaven, because every Sunday is meant to be a day of rest, and a day devoted to God. Sunday is a day when we remember that we are not just bodies but that we are body and soul. We are hopefully nourishing our souls every day but we do so above all through our Sunday Eucharist when God speaks his word to us in the Scripture readings, when we receive God’s love for us in the Eucharist. Sunday is a day to remember that we are just passing through this life. Sunday is a reminder that there is a spiritual side to each of us and that we cannot expect to be fully happy if we do not feed our souls