Today, more and more people are giving a negative response to the question, "How are we to live?" More and more people are becoming spiritually poor, and they do not even know they are hungry. This brings death to all of us, for we are all God's children--we are a family. Thus, as Pope John Paul the Great said, we live in a "culture of death".
At a time when people are making the wrong decisions, it seems as though the sun has set and darkness is about to surround us. This reminds us of Jesus' sermon on the mount, when the Apostles said to Him, "This is a lonely place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves." (Mt 14:15)
But the good news is that God never ceases to call every man to seek Him and find life and happiness (CCC 30). He does not want to leave His people hungry. Jesus tells "us" what to do... "They need not go away; you give them something to eat." (Mt 14:16)
However, the question is not “what do you feed them?” but “how can you feed them when you yourselves are not nourished?” The reality is that while we are all called to feed the poor, we are also poor ourselves--for God offers us infinite love and asks we give the same to our brothers and sisters. We cannot say, I have eaten enough and will no longer eat. There is infinite treasure in our faith, and we are all called to consume and share incessantly.
The new evangelization asks us to give our brothers and sisters something to eat, but it also calls us to first bask in God’s infinite love--to know Him and experience Him more and more--that we may have something to give.
What can we feed them? The Church does not lack in providing us means to reaching God. The internet itself is filled with solid Catholic sites that offer us all the resources we need. It is not even a question of whether you have time to pray and experience Him. The question is, “What are you feeding yourself?”
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