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Israelites set out across the desert. But they kept saying, "If only we
had died in Egypt, instead of starving here! Now who will give us any meat
in this desert?"
The Lord said to Moses, "I will rain food from heaven for you. And you
shall know that I am the Lord your God." That very evening many birds came.
The people caught them and ate.
The next morning when the people looked out of their tents, they saw
all around the camp, on the sand, little white flakes, like snow or frost.
Since they had never seen anything like this before, they said, "What is
it?" In the language of the Israelites, the Hebrew language, "What is it?"
is the word "Manhu." From then on this new thing was given the name "Manna."
And Moses said to them, "This is the bread which the Lord has given
you to eat. Go out and gather it, as much as you need. But take only as
much as you need for today, for it will not keep; and God will give you
more tomorrow."
So the people went out and gathered the manna. The taste of it was
like bread made with honey.
When some of the people tried to keep the manna until the next day, it
spoiled during the night. So each morning they took up just enough of
- the manna for that day. On
the sixth day they gathered twice as much, to provide for the Sabbath, and
it did not spoil. On the seventh day manna did not fall In this way God
showed that His day must be kept holy.
God sent the Israelites manna for forty years in the desert, until
they came to the Promised Land. Manna is like the Eucharistic Bread, the
Body and Blood of our Lord, which comes from heaven to feed our souls
during our life on earth, till we come at last to heaven, our eternal home,
the land of promise.
Let´s pray:
- Oh Lord, help us to trust in Your power to
take care of us, the same you did in the past. Amem.
- Love, Tia Célia
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