Homily for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Rite of Candidacy
August 4, 2024
St. Mark Catholic Church
Argyle, Texas
Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15
Psalm 78:3-4, 23-24, 25, 54
Ephesians 4:17, 20-24
John 6:24-35
Today’s first reading from the Book of Exodus reveals that the Israelite community was angry at Moses for bringing them out of Egypt and into the wilderness. The discomfort of the Israelites placed them in a mind that they would rather live in comfortable slavery than be free and face the challenges and expectations of mature freedom in fidelity to their vocation as God’s Chosen People. The Israelites soon complain about the lack of food in the wilderness, so God provides them with manna, bread from heaven.
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