This first weekend in August brings us to the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
"Bread from heaven" is the image that connects the story of manna in the desert with Jesus naming himself as the bread of life in the Gospel pericope from John.
The second reading is from Ephesians and invites us to put away our old selves and our former ways of life and to put on a new person, created in God's grace. Wouldn't that be great to be able to "take off" our old selves and bad habits as if we were taking off a coat and putting on a new coat of goodness and truth? That's Ephesians' invitation this week.
