Reflection for Monday of the Third Week of Easter

Today's readings are here: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/042312.cfm

This past Saturday, the Yankees played their arch rivals, the Boston Red Sox, at Fenway Park in Boston.  When the top of the sixth inning began, the Yankees were losing 9-0.  When the game ended in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Yankees won 15-9.  As a diehard Yankees' fan, I was happy with this amazing come from behind win.  However, the happiness I experienced was short-lived, because the next day there was a new game where everything started over.

The fleeting happiness I felt from the Yankees' game is an example of what Jesus means in today's Gospel when he tells us not to "work for the food that perishes".  Whenever we seek happiness in a creature, which is anything that is not the Creator, we will always, without exception, experience a happiness that perishes.  This is because God has wired us for himself, and nothing can be a substitute for him.

Keeping in mind that God has made us to know his love, let us follow our Lord's exhortation to "work for the food that endures to eternal life".