Oops -- #53 should have said "Wednesday"
Jesus at Meals
Jesus did not lead the life of a hermit. He traveled; he participated in the Jewish feasts; he talked to large crowds. And he was often seen at dinner tables among friends and guests.
• Jesus calls the toll collector, Levi, to be one of the Twelve, and then dines in his house with a crowd of “tax collectors and sinners”.
• In Simon Peter’s house in Capernaum, Jesus cures Peter’s mother-in-law. She then serves a meal for him and his disciples.
• At a banquet in the home of Simon the Pharisee, a sinful woman anoints Jesus’ feet with precious ointment.
• After calling Zaccheus down from the tree, Jesus invites himself to dine in his home.
• On the night before he died, Jesus eats his Last Supper with his disciples.
These meals are so frequent that some have said in jest, “You can eat your way through the Gospels.”
This is the halfway point of the 50-day Easter Season.