Wisdom 16:20-28
But to your people you gave the
food of angels and from heaven sent bread
already prepared and suiting all tastes,
having every flavor. In this way you
revealed your loving kindness to your children.
Satisfying all needs, this bread provided
what each one wanted.
That food, having the appearance of
snow and ice, resisted fire and did not melt;
thus they understood how their enemy’s
harvest was destroyed by fire in the midst
of hail, while lightning flashed in the falling
rain. This same fire seemed to forget its
own nature in order to spare the food of
the righteous.
Your creation is at your service for
you are its Author. It works to punish the
wicked and withdraws for the benefi t of
those who put their trust in you.
In the service of your bounty which
attends to everything, creation made itself
manifold and adjusted to the wish of everyone.
Then the children you love learned
that it is not crops of whatever kind which
nourish humankind, but your word that
sustains those who trust you.
That food which resisted fire, simply
melted in the warmth of a fleeting sunbeam,
teaching us that we must rise
before the sun to give thanks and pray to
you at dawn.
---- Mine,
Frequent the Sacraments as often as you can. Love, adore, and worship Me in the Holy Eucharist until you are one with Me eternally at the heavenly Banquet with the angels and the saints.
But to your people you gave the
food of angels and from heaven sent bread
already prepared and suiting all tastes,
having every flavor. In this way you
revealed your loving kindness to your children.
Satisfying all needs, this bread provided
what each one wanted.
That food, having the appearance of
snow and ice, resisted fire and did not melt;
thus they understood how their enemy’s
harvest was destroyed by fire in the midst
of hail, while lightning flashed in the falling
rain. This same fire seemed to forget its
own nature in order to spare the food of
the righteous.
Your creation is at your service for
you are its Author. It works to punish the
wicked and withdraws for the benefi t of
those who put their trust in you.
In the service of your bounty which
attends to everything, creation made itself
manifold and adjusted to the wish of everyone.
Then the children you love learned
that it is not crops of whatever kind which
nourish humankind, but your word that
sustains those who trust you.
That food which resisted fire, simply
melted in the warmth of a fleeting sunbeam,
teaching us that we must rise
before the sun to give thanks and pray to
you at dawn.
---- Mine,
Frequent the Sacraments as often as you can. Love, adore, and worship Me in the Holy Eucharist until you are one with Me eternally at the heavenly Banquet with the angels and the saints.
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