God's blessing is our pleasure.(Brief Article)

From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: May 18, 2001| Author: JEZREEL, JACK | Copyright information

The matter of food is endlessly interesting to me. I spend most of my waking time growing food or reading about growing food or thinking about growing food. A good chunk of time is then spent in anticipation of and in the act of eating. As much as I like to grow food, I love to eat food.

Food and its distribution are a measure, on one hand, by which to describe and discern justice and injustice. Food is also an occasion for repeatable variations of celebration and deligh...

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