VER. 1 — 4. ST. LUKE. 389 the two former,wished to make itso understoodby omitting it. He then added threeothers. And first,of dailybread, saying,Give itsday by day our dailybread. PsEUDO-AUG. In App. the Greek the word is hnovffiov,that is,somethingadded toSerm-8.*- suprrsun- the substance. It is not that bread which goes into the stamia- body,but that bread of everlastinglife,which supportsthe ""' substance of our soul. But the Latins callthis "daily" bread,which the Greeks call" coming to." If it is daily bread,why is it eaten a year old,as is the custom with the Greeks in the east? Take dailywhat profitsthee for the day; so livethat thou mayest daily be thought worthy to receive. The death of our Lord issignifiedthereby,and the remissionof sins,and dost thou not dailypartake of that bread of life? He who has a wound seeks to be cured; the wound isthatwe are under sin,the cure isthe heavenlyand dreadful Sacrament. If thou receivestdaily,daily does "To-day" come unto thee. Christisto thee To-day; ChristHeb.13,8. risesto thee daily. TIT.BOST. Or the bread of soulsisthe Divinepower, bringingthe everlastinglifewhich isto come, as the bread which comes out of the earthpreservesthe tem porallife. But by saying "daily,"He signifiesthe Divine breadwhich comes and isto come, which we seekto be given to us daily,requiringa certainearnestand tasteof it,seeing thatthe Spiritwhich dwellsin us hath wrought a virtuesur passingallhuman virtues,as chastity,humility,and the rest. CYRIL. Now perhapssome think itunfitforsaintsto seek from God bodilygoods,and for thisreason assignto these words a spiritualsense. But grantingthatthe chiefconcern of the saintsshould be to obtain spiritualgifts,stillit be comes them to see that they seek without blame, according to our Lord's command, theircommon bre;td. For from the factthat He bids them ask forbread,that isdailyfood, itseems that He impliesthat they should possessnothing, but rather practisean honourable poverty. For it is not the part of those who have bread to seek it,but rather of thosewho are oppressedwith want. BASIL. As if He said,Basil.in For thy dailybread,namely, thatwhich servesforour dailyR*g.brev- wants, trustnot to thyself,but flyto God for it,making 252. known to Him the necessitiesof thy nature. CHRYS. "We Chrys. must then requireof God the necessitiesof life; not varie-I?°'";23. in Malt. tiesof meats,and spicedwines,and the other thingswhich