Daily Meditation: Monday, September 8, 2014

Food - a love letter from the Creator

09/08/2014

You may not have the time to pray and meditate, but each day you have to devote at least an hour to eating. So, why not make the most of mealtimes to take yourself away from your worries and the agitation around you? It is the ideal moment to remind yourself that you also have a soul and a spirit that need nourishing, and to send the Lord grateful thoughts for what he is giving you through the food you are eating. For what is food? It is a love letter – yes, a love letter written by the Creator – and much depends on how we read this letter. Those who do so carelessly will draw no benefit from it. When you receive a letter from someone who is very dear to you, you read it and re-read it with great attention so that you can detect and appreciate every nuance: each word seems to contain a whole world of meanings waiting to be discovered. Try to give the same consideration to the love letter from the Creator. It is the most powerful and the most eloquent letter, for the message it contains is: ‘Look, I bring you life!’