paravanes:meditations

Matthew 5:41-46 – “Then He will also say to those on the left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the Devil and his angels! For I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink; I was a stranger and you didn’t take Me in; I was naked and you didn’t clothe Me, sick and in prison and you didn’t take care of Me’… Then He will answer them, ‘I assure you: Whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me either.’ And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” Watch what it means here . I blogged from this scripture recently , and it's a text that makes many people uncomfortable. Years ago, I blogged about what it might feel like to be truly starving, very hungry, and not knowing how or where to get food. That post is here . How many Christians feel more comfortable---and "righteous" condemning those who are "wi...

A Prayer About Food Lord: Help me to remember my sisters and brothers all over my country and all over the world Who cannot buy what they want to eat, Who cannot buy what they need to eat, Who are never full "after a meal", Who eat partially-rotten food because that is all there is. Who eat what's left after their children eat, Who don't give their children enough to eat because they can't, Who count the days until they can buy more food, Who divide every food item two or three times before cooking, Who miss the favorite food they can no longer buy, or can no longer find. Who settle for a smell instead of a taste, Who are thinner than they should be, Who are malnourished---badly nourished,  not enough nourished,  sadly nourished,  angrily nourished,  poorly nourished. There are twenty thousand items in my local "supermarket." Help me to remember those who struggle to get two items to eat today. Keep me from the sin of glutton...