OVER-EATERS VICTORIOUS
“Would that we had meat for food! We remember the fish we used to eat without cost in Egypt, and the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic.” —Numbers 11:4-5 Sometimes we’re more interested in the salad bar than in salvation! After liberation from 430 years of slavery, the only thing the Israelites can say is: “Where’s the beef?” (see Nm 11:4) Jesus was healing people by the thousands, but the disciples wanted to stop the proceedings so everyone could go and buy something to eat (Mt 14:15). “Such as these will end in disaster! Their god...