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Thursday, November 26, 2009
Daniel 6:12-28, Daniel 3:68-74, Luke 21:20-28
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EATING DISORDERS
"The king...refused to eat." —Daniel 6:19
On this Thanksgiving Day in the USA, a day of great feasting, the Church
reads to us about not eating. King Darius couldn't eat out of concern for
the doomed Daniel (Dn 6:19). The hungry lions couldn't eat, since God was
protecting Daniel (Dn 6:23).
This physical inability to eat has its counterpart in the spiritual life.
Spiritually anorexic people won't eat the spiritual food they need. They
have so stuffed themselves with the things of the world that they fail to
realize that their souls are starving to death for lack of nourishment
(see Prv 13:19).
To remedy our eating disorders, God gives us the Eucharist, Food from
heaven (Jn 6:31-32, 35). The word eucharist means "thanksgiving." In the
Eucharist, the Body of Christ, God connects giving thanks and eating. This
is why for centuries Christians have given thanks to God before meals.
Many of you are eating a big meal today. Hopefully, that meal will include
heartfelt public thanks to God for all His blessings. As good as such a
meal is, the ultimate Thanksgiving meal is the Mass, and the ultimate
"thanksgiving" meal is the Eucharist (see Jn 6:11). Food and thanksgiving
go together to such an extent that God combined them in the eucharistic
body of Jesus. Happy are they who eat thankfully at the banquet of the
Lamb (Rv 19:9).
Prayer: "I will give thanks to You, O Lord, with all my heart" (Ps 138:1)
by frequently receiving You at Mass (Ps 116:12-13).
Promise: "When these things begin to happen, stand erect and hold your
heads high, for your deliverance is near at hand." —Lk 21:28
Praise: Until he returned to the Church, Peter hadn't realized how
malnourished his soul had been.
(This teaching was submitted by a member of our editorial team.)
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