"O that we had meat to eat! We remember the fish we ate in
O! How suddenly do we forget where we came from? Why are we in haste to erase our history from our minds? Being where we are is for a purpose to look back in thanksgiving and the future with enthusiasm. Sadly, sometimes the reverse is the case.
Today, a reminder has been sent to us to be grateful to God in every situation, no matter how difficult it may seems. As the first reading brings before us the lamentation of the Israelites:
"O that we had meat to eat! We remember the fish we ate in
It is quite heart breaking and disappointed hearing this from the same people who once complained of food and water and the Lord provided them with manna and water too:
"Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger." (Exodus 16:3)
Today, they turned against God and Moses again requesting for meat. What insatiability attitude! This attitude most often is found among us, and we tend to ask for more without appreciating the former.
However, on our own part what have we done to reciprocate the kind gesture we have received first? Think about this... Peace be with you!
Let us pray
Merciful Lord, thank You for the wonders of our being. Teach us we pray the way to be appreciative for what we have already received; and on our part may we be ready always to reciprocate this gesture of yours by loving one another. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.Amen.
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