So much of human religiosity comes down to a hoax we perpetrate on God.

So much of human religiosity comes down to a hoax we perpetrate on God.
How do we reconcile Jesus, the bearer of God’s peace, with his passionate words about division—“son against father, mother against daughter”—in this week’s Gospel reading?
Jesus is the thief, and the powers of this world own the house in which we’re waiting.
This is a funny story. We laugh. But we're laughing at ourselves.
What if, when praying for our daily bread, we had real food in mind?