And I hope you'll remember this jar of water and others filled with water like it. I wouldn't drink it. You wouldn't drink it. The people of Haiti are known for their proverbssimple but poignant sayings that often convey enormous wisdom and truth and sometimes teach powerful lessons of life and faith. It is unusual, because for most Haitian people every day in this desperately impoverished country is a struggle just to find enough food to feed one's family and oneself.
Cooked food has no owner.
In other words, what we have, meager though it may be, is not really ours. We don't own it. Rather, all we have is from God and is entrusted to us by God to share with whoever is in need. Today we will sit at tablesin our dining rooms, in restaurantstables overflowing with foodmore food than we need or want. How we understand the true ownership of that food will speak volumes about who we are.