Bread from heaven

The Israelites are confused by this strange stuff on the leaves. Indeed it is a marvel. The dew evaporates and a flaky substance is left behind. “What is it?!”

The psalmist calls it “the bread of the angels.”

The people looking for Jesus are asking the same question. They don’t understand what the bread from heaven is. They don’t realize that God sent the manna, or that God sent Jesus his own Son. Here the powerful symbolism of communion, especially in the Catholic understanding, gives us pause and stands us in awe. We eat this true bread of heaven, the bread of angels.