tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514529524983639875.post323658317144638689..comments2024-02-12T09:56:09.053-05:00Comments on The Matador Word: Bread from Heaven - August 12 PrepThe Matadorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691990950873810610noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514529524983639875.post-31439336861159925002012-08-11T11:48:19.048-04:002012-08-11T11:48:19.048-04:00I do come to church hungry! Sometimes it's wit...I do come to church hungry! Sometimes it's with more of an urgency than others, but always it is with a hunger. When I am particularly troubled, I hunger for God's reassurance; and in times of loneliness, I hunger for His love. While I know God is present in all of life, during liturgy I do find it easier to rest in the palm of His hand, and I always hunger for that peace. <br /><br />I remember at the time my mother passed away and I felt starving for her presence, I found it most comforting to go to Mass, where communion with her soul and all those who have gone before us seemed especially accessible to me through the love of Jesus Christ.<br /><br />I particularly like this line Matador - "Rather we come to celebrate and eat the bread from heaven so that we might know and cling to the hand of God which is extended to us in Jesus Christ now and unto eternity - a path to communion with God's saving love." Please give me some of that food!Faithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514529524983639875.post-51612440066097560632012-08-10T23:24:59.574-04:002012-08-10T23:24:59.574-04:00This is really tough to comment on, Father. I unde...This is really tough to comment on, Father. I understand what you are saying, but how can one judge how one is living it out? Maybe it's better that I will constantly doubt myself & be suspicious or skeptical.<br /><br />I have definitely been at these stages. And I pray to God I don't backslide for whatever reason or circumstance. Not that I knew it at the time (this is the part that is such mystery, being clueless!!!), but I have been hungering in many ways and through different times in my life. Just didn't realize it or pay attention deeply enough to discover what was eating me! And then of course what I thought I was hungering for left me feeling let down by Church or community or life or family members, even myself. Because it was all about me.<br /><br />BUT, from the positive side, God used all these situations to lead me, to feed me and to show me what I'm really hungering for. I trust He will continue.JoyFurallenoreply@blogger.com