Jesus Is a Foodie

I have it on Good Authority.

"Jesus is a Foodie" declared the 'Grace Before Meals" priest Father Leo, the only priest I know who whipped Bobby Flay's fajita tail in a throw down-as he whipped up a delicious pasta a la vodka luncheon for a packed crowd at the DC Catholic Information Center using a portable grill he plopped on a table usually reserved for saintly tomes.
"I want the recipe" thought those who didn't say it but ate the whole thing.
So I bought the book-and you can too at http://www.gracebeforemeals.com/
You can even get this guy to come demonstrate basic theology while whipping up dinner for a congregation. He loves cooking for big families and a few showed up, tots in strollers at the Center last Saturday.

Jesus' first miracle? Turning water into wine- at a wedding. A wedding banquet. A party. A wedding.
He fed thousands multiple times on the hillsides where he taught- 4,000, 5,000- with little more than a few loaves and fish. He is seen at table at Martha's house where he meets the intimacy of Mary Magdalene who can't stop wanting to be close to him- he eats at a pharisee's house where he is met again by the intimacy of Mary Magdalene who can't stop washing his feet with her hair and tears and bathing him in expensive perfumes- over a dinner gathering. Do you think this woman was in love? She keeps showing up at mealtimes. Then there was that last supper-remember? Peter is told after denying him three times to "feed his sheep" not shear them or slaughter them. That is his path to redemption from the denials. After his resurrection Peter recognizes him sitting by the side of the lake frying up some breakfast fish by the water for brunch. The prayer he taught us to pray starts with "Give us this day our daily bread." A widow saves herself and her son from famine by offering first to cook a little something for Elijah. The manna in the desert feeds people delivered from slavery.
And the big give-away- he ultimately converts himself into food.
So we would have his life within us. In the eternity hereafter.

Jesus is a foodie. Please pass the pasta.