Meditations

Hunger for Righteousness Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. Matthew 5, 6 Why do we not have this hunger and thirst? Why are our souls not as hungry and thirsty as our bodies are? Bodies that have no desire for food are sick. In the same way, our souls suffer from sickness when we do not seek after the things that satisfy them, nor the food and drink that come from God. The soul's food is truth and righteousness. To know good, to be filled with it, to strengthen ourselves with it, this is the spiritual food, the food from heaven, that we need to eat. So let us reach out and eat it. Let us be hungry for it. Let us stand before God as poor beggars who wait hopefully and expectantly for a little bread. Let us be aware of our weakness and our failure. How terrible for us if we forget how weak we are. Let us read, let us pray with that hunger to nourish our souls and that burning desire to quench our thirst. Only a continual great desire to be taught by God can make us worthy of discovering the wonders of His law. Each of us receives this sacred bread to the extent that we desire it.