Moses asked God to feed the grumbling, hungry people and God provided manna in the desert which fed the people. Jesus promises us that he will provide bread that will not only feed us but that will end all our hunger. This is the bread I long for--the one that will end my incessant longings for so many things.
There is a passage in John Shea's book "Starlight" about Adam and Eve and how they woke up to their humanness when they realized that each time they ate they would be satisified only temporarily and that after several hours they would be hungry again. It was an endless cycle that bound them and they desired not to be in this endless cycle--they desired to be something other than human. But when they found themselves at the manger on Christmas morning, they touched the child and were fed from his eyes and his heart. Then they said that they chose to be bound to this manger (this feeding place) forever.
Is this what we are called to by Jesus when he says that he is the sign, he is the bread? Are we being asked today to accept our humanness and to find it fulfilled in Jesus. Can I accept Jesus' presence in my life today and cease to hunger for anything but his nearness?
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