Apr 4 Tue
They were hungry. And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, Jesus went to see if he could find anything on it.
“Jesus was very tired. It moves me so much to see Christ as a Man. He, Jesus Christ, was hungry! The maker of the universe, the Lord of all things, the Almighty, is hungry!
“He is hungry and goes towards that fig tree, still far in the distance, which has plenty of lush foliage. But on approaching it, he finds nothing but leaves.

“Jesus is hungry and thirsty. From the Cross he cried out: I thirst! And he is thirsty for you – for you! – for your love, your soul, for all souls, whom it is your duty to raise up to him. He comes close to you because he is thirsty and hungry; and he finds on you no more than leaves, if you have given yourself to him only in a formal and dry way, with a faith that has no vibrancy; if in you there is no humility, or sacrifice, or works, if you are no more than a facade.

“Finding no food, Jesus said to the fig tree: May no fruit ever come from you again. And the fig tree withered at once. Our Father goes on to say: Don't these words make you think how your faith must be, with your life conforming to that faith, so that Christ always has fruit which consoles him: in your work, in your apostolic zeal, crowned with good works?

“Do you see? Our Lord sets this condition: that we have faith, because then we will be able to move mountains. And there are many things to be moved... We must open up in the world this way of ours, which is so old and yet new. And if there are mountains, obstacles, misunderstandings, deceits, which Satan wants and which God permits, we have to have faith, faith with deeds, faith with sacrifice, faith with humility.” St Josemaría
And God gives faith to anyone who asks for it with humility.