Seventeenth Sunday

07-21-2019Weekly ReflectionFr. Bing Colasito

“Give us each day our daily bread” Lk. 11:3

One of the things we ask in the “Our Father” prayer is to give us “our daily bread.” It is noteworthy, that we are petitioning God for the food provisions that we need every day, not just for plenty or just enough to survive. The Church Fathers believe that the daily bread that we ask for is not just for ordinary food but also for the Eucharist, the food of the soul. Thus, if we ask God for the “daily bread” in the Eucharist, why do so many Christians go to receive it once a year? “Receive daily what enriches every day and live your daily life in such a way as to be worthy to receive it.” (St. Ambrose, De Sacramentis, 5,4)

What blessings do we ask God daily? Do we have the desire to be nourished by the Eucharist daily?

Be in God,

Fr. Bing