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Catholic Charities USA


Tuesday of the First Week of Lent

Today's Lectionary Readings
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Living in the drought-stricken West, whenever we receive rain (and
snow in the mountains) we rejoice despite the challenges of recent
storms. The reservoirs begin to fill, the aquifers start replenishing,
irrigation canals bring precious water to parched fields, and the land
turns green with hope of new life.

Isaiah's metaphor of God's word pouring down like rain and
producing bread for the hungry is so apt. In the Lord's Prayer
of Matthew's Gospel, bread is not just a symbol of God's
Word, but is true nourishment, the gift of life. Jesus told his
disciples that God already knows what we need before we ask, just as
we know parched soil needs the rain, and the hungry need bread. We are
also invited to pray as if we have already received God's gift,
for so we have.

For those of us at Catholic Charities who have food programs, we know
that bread is not just a metaphor. Six days a week at our local agency
we feed hundreds of families, many of whom I imagine are praying,
"Give us this day our daily bread" as they look to us for
help to feed their family members.

How often are our Catholic Charities agencies like the families we
serve? Even as they pray for their daily bread, we pray for generous
donors to provide our "daily bread" to give us the means
to feed them. It is easy to become anxious about not having enough
resources to meet the need. But we are invited to fear not, for as the
psalmist says: "From all their distress, God rescues the
just."

I invite you to pray the Lord's Prayer slowly, bringing to mind
your hungers and needs and the hungers of the people you serve. Pray
the Our Father as if God has already answered your prayer.

Gregory Kepferle is CEO of Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County.
He and his wife live in Morgan Hill, California.
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