Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never
go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” (John 6: 35)
We think of bread as one of the staples of life, both our physical life and our spiritual life. In the Old Testament, manna was the bread-like substance miraculously supplied as food to the Israelites in the wilderness (Exod.16). Today we often see bags of flour delivered to those in extreme need.
In the Lord’s Prayer, we pray ‘give us this day our daily bread,’ or maybe, our daily physical sustenance. We receive the Bread of Life in the Eucharist, our spiritual sustenance. When we receive the bread and the wine, we are nourished by faith in these symbols of everlasting life.
Collect
All that I am and all that I have are gifts from the Lord. May these gifts sustain me and those I love in this life and the life to come. Amen
Father Bob and Caroline Morisseau
We think of bread as one of the staples of life, both our physical life and our spiritual life. In the Old Testament, manna was the bread-like substance miraculously supplied as food to the Israelites in the wilderness (Exod.16). Today we often see bags of flour delivered to those in extreme need.
In the Lord’s Prayer, we pray ‘give us this day our daily bread,’ or maybe, our daily physical sustenance. We receive the Bread of Life in the Eucharist, our spiritual sustenance. When we receive the bread and the wine, we are nourished by faith in these symbols of everlasting life.
Collect
All that I am and all that I have are gifts from the Lord. May these gifts sustain me and those I love in this life and the life to come. Amen
Father Bob and Caroline Morisseau
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