Finding the Right Door
Have you ever experienced the following: you are at someone’s house for the first time and you need to use the restroom. You ask where it is and they tell you, “down the hall to the left.” You go down the hall and you find two doors. You open the first one and you say to yourself, “Oh, oh, wrong door!” Lesson? To get to the right room you have to open the right door.
Pope Benedict in his Apostolic Letter proclaiming a “Year of Faith” More…
BETHLEHEM: HOUSE OF BREAD
It’s remarkable that even though the infant Jesus couldn’t speak, from the first moment of his birth, he was proclaiming that he is the Bread of Life. It’s as if is impatient to institute the Eucharist.
The word Bethlehem in Hebrew means “house of bread” and it’s also no coincidence that Jesus rested in a feeding trough—a “manger” sounds much more quaint, but that’s what it was.
So let’s take a moment to pause and reflect on Jesus, the Bread of Life.
IF YOU BELIEVE AND EAT THIS BREAD… More…
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