There are times Christians misconstrue God's ways, set their own rules, and force them to fit God's heart and mind. However, today’s readings offer many useful lessons to consider. The first reading tells us "Jesus is always able to save those who approach God through him since he lives forever to make intercession for them." That, Jesus continues his saving acts to save humanity by praying continually for us after dying for all is a good thing we can’t wish, think, and do anything different.

Friends, today's first reading is not one of the most familiar scriptures we hear regularly, but it is also one of the most significant passages needed for practical living. Fundamentally, it elevates peace over war and division; it sets it as synonymous with blessings and presents it as something that requires sacrifice to maintain.

Continually seeking ways to make life more comfortable for one another is our true vocation in life. As St. Augustine reminds us, “Love is when you care deeply about someone and will do anything for them.”

The significance and the main take away from the passage is the understanding that the Eucharist is not something we fast from. No doctor will ask you to go on a diet from extraordinary life-giving food. Instead, if there is such nourishing food, we seek for it, we crave it. The eucharist is Jesus. It is the body of Christ; it is his soul and divinity, and its life-giving bread. And you want to know something? No one must naturally and deliberately choose to deny himself or herself of it.