WHERE CAN WE BUY BREAD?

PRAYER PAUSE        

Friday, 28 April 2017

WHERE CAN WE BUY BREAD?

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “Looking up, Jesus saw the crowds approaching and said to Philip, ‘Where can we buy some bread for these people to eat?’”  (John 6 1-15).  

Reflection. Jesus turns to Philip for help! Bread is a symbol of all our needs for food, shelter, work, security and so forth. Bread also stands for human growth in its broadest sense; joy and the courage to face trials and the wisdom to understand what is happening in my life every hour of the day. Thirdly, it stands for the Eucharist, the way we offer our thanks to the Father in union with Jesus who offers his life and with whom we enter into Communion. We become one with him in all that we face. All this is contained in the prayer, “Give us this day our daily bread.”

Prayer. Lord, give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our sins as we forgive others.  Amen.