Always Enough

One of my best friends called this week to tell me about an amazing God-incident that happened to her. She’s really struggling right now in her life with one of her grown children going off the rails. Many of us have these difficult circumstances in our own lives. So, she did what we do when things get tough, she went to daily Mass to continue to beg Our Lord for His help.

She arrived late to Mass and sat in the very back of the church. The Gospel was the multiplication of the loaves, where Jesus shows His power in abundance to those 5,000 seated in the grass. Because she was sitting in the back, my friend was the last person in line for communion.

As she approached the priest to receive the host, she glanced down to notice that there was only one host left in the ciborium. It wasn’t until she was halfway back to her chair that she realized what just happened. He only had one host left. The priest wasn’t nervous about the diminishing host, he wasn’t breaking the hosts in half just to be sure he’d have enough for everyone. There was only one full host left.

My best friend called me this week to share an incredible story that happened to her. She is going through a tough time in her life with one of her grown children struggling. Many of us go through such hard times in our own lives, and my friend went to daily Mass to pray for help from the Lord.

She arrived late to Mass and sat in the very back of the church. The Gospel that day was about the multiplication of the loaves, where Jesus showed His power by providing abundance to the 5,000 people who were present. As she approached the priest to receive the host, she noticed that there was only one host left in the ciborium. She was the last person in line for communion and realized what had just happened after she had taken the host and was halfway back to her seat. The priest wasn't nervous about the diminishing host, and he wasn't breaking the hosts in half just to be sure he had enough for everyone. There was only one full host left.

Before she made it back to her seat, Jesus spoke to her softly, "I knew you were coming. I always have just enough for you. I am enough for you." When I heard these words, my soul reacted with a deepening love for Him. My faith was quickened, and my joy increased.

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