A Sermon Preached on the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, August 16, 2015

By the Rev’d Canon Dane E. Boston, Trinity Cathedral, Columbia, South Carolina

Texts: Proverbs 9:1-6; Ephesians 5:15-20; John 6:51-58

“My flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.”

May I speak in the Name of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. Amen.

Are you being fed?

The Church has been called a hospital for sinners. In light of this morning’s Scripture lessons, couldn’t we also call it a food bank for starving souls?

And so the question is: Are you being fed?

I suppose I should make clear that that question has nothing to do with Andrella and her wonderful team of kitchen volunteers, or with the covered dish luncheon that we are all invited to enjoy in the Trinity Center after the service. Feasting and feeding together are things that…