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FOREVER-FOOD - One Bread, One Body, 2/14/2009

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Saturday, February 14, 2009, Sts. Cyril & Methodius

Genesis 3:9-24, Psalm 90, Mark 8:1-10
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FOREVER-FOOD

"He must not be allowed to put out his hand...and thus eat of it and live
forever." —Genesis 3:22

God provided wonderful food for Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden (Gn
1:29-30; 2:16-17). However, Adam and Eve wanted control of the menu. So
they ate the food God had forbidden them to eat (Gn 3:11). Because of
their rebellion, God would not allow humanity to eat of the food of the
tree of life, which would cause them to live forever (Gn 3:22).

However, God so loved the world that He sent His only Son (Jn 3:16). At
Calvary, Jesus was nailed to the tree of life. He left us a new food, His
own body and blood, the Eucharist. In Jesus, God offers us a new chance to
eat from the tree of life that grows in His garden (Rv 2:7). Now we are
once again allowed to eat of food that will enable us to live forever (Jn
6:51, 54).

Through Jesus, eating has been transformed. The Mass is now the new Eden,
the new Passover, the new paradise. In the Mass, our "deserted" lives (Mk
8:4) are nourished as Jesus feeds us with food that fills and satisfies us
perfectly (see Wis 16:20; Ps 145:16).

Adam and Eve ate to please themselves. In the Eucharist, we eat to please
Jesus. The Lord asks us: "When you were eating and drinking, was it not
for yourselves that you ate, and for yourselves that you drank?" (Zec 7:6)
Are you eating forever-food (Jn 6:58) or perishable food (Jn 6:27)? Repent
of any rebellion against God's menu-planning. Accept Jesus as the Lord of
your eating.


Prayer: Father, I renounce the food "of corruption and wickedness" and
devote my life to eating the Eucharist, the "Bread of sincerity and truth"
(1 Cor 5:8).

Promise: "My heart is moved with pity for the crowd." —Mk 8:2

Praise: Sts. Cyril and Methodius were blood brothers and apostles to the
Slavic nations. They translated the Bible into the Slavic language.

(This teaching was submitted by a member of our editorial team.)

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Rescript: In accord with the "Code of Canon Law", I hereby grant my
permission to publish "One Bread, One Body" covering the period from
February 1, 2009 through March 31, 2009
†Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of
Cincinnati, August 11, 2008

The rescript is a declaration that a book or pamphlet is considered to be
free of doctrinal or moral error. It is not implied that those who have
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