What is our Daily Bread? This is a question that has different answers depending on the different needs that people feel. These needs may be categorized as follows: physical, economic, psychological, social, ecological, political and spiritual.
Physical – is the need to be healthy in body
Economic – is the need for goods and services to live decently
Psychological – is the need to be emotionally stable
Social – is the need to have a loving relationship with people
Ecological – is the need to live in a healthy environment
Political – is the need to be governed justly and peacefully
Spiritual – is the need to be lovingly united with God
All these needs are legitimate and deserve to be satisfied. I do believe, however, that the most important of all is the SPIRITUAL NEED – TO BE LOVINGLY UNITED WITH GOD.
“Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you.” (Matt. 6:33) This is one of the statements of Our Lord Jesus Christ in His Sermon on the Mount.
While pondering on these words of our Lord Jesus Christ I asked myself the question: Where can I find God? Our Church Catechism tells us that God is everywhere, that He dwells in each human being as His temple. In a very special way, however, He is present in the Blessed Sacrament.
During the 15th Asian SERRA Convention at Singapore (April 16-18, 2010), there were some published articles on the reality of Christ’s Divine Presence in the Sacred Host. I would like to share just two of them.
The first is the Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano. Italy. This took place in the 8th. Century A.D. in the Church of St. Legontian. A Basilian monk doubted the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. One day, however, while celebrating Holy Mass, a miracle happened. After the two-fold consecration, the Host became live Flesh and the Wine became live Blood. The results of scientific investigations made by experts have confirmed that the Flesh is real Flesh, the Blood is real Blood, that Flesh and Blood belong to the human species, and that the Flesh consists of the muscular tissue of the heart. These Flesh and Blood remain preserved in their natural state for already twelve centuries, an extraordinary phenomenon, despite being exposed to the action of the atmosphere and biological agents.
The second is the phenomenon of a Stigmatist, Teresa Neuman of Germany. In 1926 she experienced receiving from God the Grace of Suffering from a ‘Stigmata’. She began a complete fasting with the Eucharist as her only nourishment. Without food or drink, Teresa lived for 35 years sustained only by the Holy Eucharist which she received everyday.
These miracles have, indeed, strengthened my Faith in the Real Presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. If I wish to find God, there would be no other better place than the Adoration Chapel where He is exposed.
Reflecting on the reality that God is giving to every human being 24 hours everyday, I was challenged to spend at least one hour everyday with the Lord Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. This would be a manifestation of my Faith in His Real Presence in the Sacred Host. This would truly be my DAILY BREAD.
by: Salvador 'Buddy' Cagurangan
May 16, 2010
May 16, 2010
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