Wednesday, 17 June 2015

OUR DAILY BREAD

PRAYER MOMENT


Thursday 18 June 2015


OUR DAILY BREAD


Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: “Give us today our daily bread.” (Matthew 6:7-15)


Reflection. I once heard Raymond Brown, a renowned Scripture scholar, explaining the difficuly of translating these words. “Our daily bread” isn’t really what it says. It is more like ‘Give us all that we need today to live as your people.’ So it covers everything from food to wisdom and health and includes the bread of the Eucharist. And it is a phrase that makes everything sacred. In the words of Teilhard de Chardin it means that from the one who grows the wheat to the one who grinds the flour to the one who consecrates the bread on the altar – every action is sacred and everything is part of our response to our Father. The prayer expresses our desire to find God in all things.


Prayer. Lord, help us to find you in everything, even the simple actions of each day.Amen.
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