This will be random and quick as I am off to work at the NH today again... it will be a combination of St Boniface feast day which was yesterday and of course the amazing feast day of all feast days that we celebrate today... the Most Holy Body and Blood of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ! This struck me deeply; "ST Boniface, zealous servant of the Gospel, left in letters to relatives and friends at home a touching account of his fatigue and his fears, and yet of his trust in God in determination to serve Christ regardless of the cost." (see http://www.magnificat.com/ ) This is such a powerful example of perseverance to me... yes, there are many things we are aksed to do that are hard and miserable at times, but you fight through the desire to throw in the towel and ask ST Boniface to show us how to be good soldiers in the battle of life and livelihood... Just like those rocks in the field...although it is a miserable job... there is much satisfaction in having them picked up and now on a pile in the yard... not out there to possibly damage our expensive equipment!
"For when a heart is empty, God fills it and straightaway all things we do are done easily and gladly, Because they are done with love, which as you know, makes all hard things easy and all bitter things sweet." Fr Jean-Pierre de Caussade (1751) was a French Jesuit, a writer, and a revered spiritual director
The Gospel today is surprisingly not from John 6.. the Eucharistic chapter, but rather it is the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 with the 5 loaves and two fish! It is Luke 9:11-17... And it is a powerful reminder of how our Lord wants to care for our every need...and will provide for us without a doubt! 
"The spiritual food of the Eucharist is likened unto bodily nourishment in this respect that without it spiritual life in the soul cannot exitst; just as without food the body, bodily life cannot exist. For the Sacrament of the Eucharist causes everlasting life in the person receiving it worthily... since he who eats only bodily food lives not forever. ... he who receives the divine food and drinks of the Body and Blood of the Lord, "has everlasting life." ...Hence the Blessed Eucharist is called the "Bread of Life". This is because he who eats this divine Bread has Christ within him, who is the true God and Life eternal.... For the worthy receiver is united by faith and charity to Christ who is contained in the sacrament of the altar; so that the communicant becomes transformed into Christ, and becomes his member. ... for whoever eats and drinks of this food spiritually, becomes a sharer of the Holy Spirit, through whom we are united to Christ, in union of faith and charity, and through whom we are made members of his Church." St Thomas Aquinas (1274) Doctor of the Church, was a Dominican priest from Italy
The Gospel today is surprisingly not from John 6.. the Eucharistic chapter, but rather it is the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 with the 5 loaves and two fish! It is Luke 9:11-17... And it is a powerful reminder of how our Lord wants to care for our every need...and will provide for us without a doubt! 
"The spiritual food of the Eucharist is likened unto bodily nourishment in this respect that without it spiritual life in the soul cannot exitst; just as without food the body, bodily life cannot exist. For the Sacrament of the Eucharist causes everlasting life in the person receiving it worthily... since he who eats only bodily food lives not forever. ... he who receives the divine food and drinks of the Body and Blood of the Lord, "has everlasting life." ...Hence the Blessed Eucharist is called the "Bread of Life". This is because he who eats this divine Bread has Christ within him, who is the true God and Life eternal.... For the worthy receiver is united by faith and charity to Christ who is contained in the sacrament of the altar; so that the communicant becomes transformed into Christ, and becomes his member. ... for whoever eats and drinks of this food spiritually, becomes a sharer of the Holy Spirit, through whom we are united to Christ, in union of faith and charity, and through whom we are made members of his Church." St Thomas Aquinas (1274) Doctor of the Church, was a Dominican priest from ItalyHave a wonderful day and may we all carry Christ into the world around us and do the "hard work" and face the good and the hard with joy in our hearts and love for our "neighbors". Jesus we trust in You! Amen and Halleluia! Bless-bless, Barb
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