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Weekly Sermon Summary

From Hunger to Life – Hungry Hungry Humans

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Dear St. Paul Family,

(For those who missed the Year in Reflection, please watch the video below)

From Hunger to Life - Hungry Hungry Humans
Year in Reflection 2026


The Gospel lesson is from Mt. 6:19-33, Sunday of treasures.

This year’s theme for lent is, “From Hunger to Life”.

Hungry Hungry Hippos. You know the game. It has been around for decades. You release a bunch of balls in the middle and you try to grab as many as you can with your hippo. Have you seen hungry hungry humans?

What are we hungry for? “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Mt. 6:21). Based on this verse, we hunger for what our heart desires.

We hunger for these treasures and end up chasing them:

  • money

  • status

  • approval

  • comfort

  • control

  • security

  • being right


Action we do:

  1. Chase treasures

Result we have:

  1. More Hunger

Problem that exists:

  • self-sufficiency

  • anxiety

  • divided heart


The solution is TSU, not Texas Southern University or Tennessee State University but another education program we have to graduate from; Trust Seek Union.
 

  1. Trust

    • Move from self-sufficient to Trust

    • Jesus points to the birds and lilies. No bird goes hungry, and no one is clothed as beautiful as the lilies. Are we not more valuable than they? Trust.

  2. Seek God 1st

    • Move from worry to God 1st

    • Jesus says to first seek Him.

    • If we do that, we will overcome our worry and anxiety.

    • We are anxious about:

      1. Loss of control

      2. Security

      3. Belonging

      4. Failure

      5. Inadequacy

        • So Try

          • Pray & Breath it:

          • Name it:

          • Challenge it:

          • Limit it:

          • Reduce it:

  3. Union

    • Move from a Divided heart to United

    • Jesus said that we cannot serve two masters

    • It makes us exhausted, makes us have a divided heart, therefore we need to choose one.


Let’s move from the hunger for the wrong treasures to finding life the way Christ intended. Let’s move from self-sufficiency to fully trusting in God, from worry to seeking God First and from a divided heart to heart that is in union with God.

Fr. James

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