As obvious as it is in the Bible, people are still suspicious of the idea of feasting as a biblical construct. I don’t know if it comes from the rationalism of the Enlightenment or just the idea (and many Presbyterians are guilty of this) that the more miserable we are, the holier we must be. As if joy and excess by nature must be sinful or at least suspicious. Nevertheless, most religious people view feasting as an afterthought in spiritual formation rather than being at the heart of the great dance. 

I only ask that we give the Bible and Jesus a chance to not just explain but demonstrate why God formed his ancient people through feasts. Jesus did the same (and was met by suspicion from the religion community), and the end of the world is a great wedding feast. Feasting is a word in our Lexicon, and at St. Patrick it is of first importance. Make no mistake, feasting is not auxiliary to the action, but at the heart of the action. 

This Sunday, we will talk, and ponder, and in the end, we will feast. It is all there in the liturgy. Hope you will join us. Oh, and remember the time changes this Sunday. We fall back, which means we all can catch up on that hour of sleep we lost six months ago. I am so excited about that too!