18th Sunday of Ordinary Time
In 1885, Vincent Van Gogh visited a museum in Amsterdam in order to see Rembrandt’s famous painting, “The Jewish Bride.” Having seen it he said, “I would give 10 years of my life if I could sit before this picture for a fortnight, (14 Days), with nothing but a crust of bread for food. My first hunger is not for food, though I have fasted ever so long. The desire for painting is so much stronger that when I receive some money, I start at once hunting for models until all the money is gone.”
It is not only the body that needs its hunger fed. The heart and the soul need to be fed also. The bread of material things can never satisfy the heart of a human being. You see, we have many hungers.
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