These words concluded a homily on the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God (January 1, 2021). While readily agreeing with the message, I began searching for the reason.

Definitions are generally subjective points of personal experience. Accordingly, I will leave it to you if dictionary digging is your thing. Internet surfing produced two essentially similar essays comparing humanity with divinity. Both define divinity as seeking to distribute and humanity as seeking only to gather. Further searching did not produce an original source for this concept. Two quick Biblical examples of giving & receiving are Manna in the desert and the multiplication of fishes and loaves. Realizing the issue was still limited to definitions, I wanted to see more.

How many times in life you are looking for a misplaced item and find other “lost” objects. For Advent I read the Book of Isaiah. In mediating on another topic, I recalled seeing a passage that might provide insight but could not recall the chapter or verse. Lacking progress on “humanity is never enough”, I began reading Isaiah at chapter 51. Well look at what I found- Chapter 55:2 says “why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and labour for that which doth not satisfy you? Hearken diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and your soul shall be delighted in fatness”. To paraphrase, a life that excludes God is never fulfilled.