Matthew 6:11 (WEB)
Give us today our daily bread.
Catechism · 5
Celebrating the Church's Liturgy
“When the Church celebrates the mystery of Christ, there is a word that marks her prayer: "Today!" - a word echoing the prayer her Lord taught her and the call of the Holy Spirit.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 6:11; Heb 3:7- 4:11; Ps 95:7.
The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation
“Scripture and the Fathers insist above all on three forms, fasting, prayer, and almsgiving,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Tob 12:8; Mt 6:1-18.
The Moral Law
“Its prayer is the Our Father.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 6:9-13; Lk 11:2-4.
At the Wellsprings of Prayer
“Jesus' teaching about praying to our Father is in the same vein as his teaching about providence:” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 6:11, 34.
The Lord's Prayer
“St. Luke presents a brief text of five petitions, while St. Matthew gives a more developed version of seven petitions.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 6:9-13.
Fathers and councils · 37
John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X IX.21Conference IX
“Next: “Give us this day our bread which is ἐπιούσιον,” i.e., “supersubstantial,” which another Evangelist calls “daily.”” — editor's note: Here Cassian is relying entirely on Jerome’s revised text of the Latin, which has supersubstantialis in S. Matt. vi. 11, as the rendering of ἐπιούσιος but…
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Hippolytus of Rome
“Matt. vi. 11.” — the author cites it
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Ambrose of Milan
“Can they deny that the term “οὐσία” is met with in Scripture, when the Lord has spoken of bread, that is, “ἐπιούσιος,” and Moses has written “ὑμεῖς ἔσεσθέ μοι λαὸς περιούσιος ”?” — editor's note: S. Matt. vi. 11. ἐπιούσιος="required for our subsistence, proper for our sustenance.” See Alford in loc.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Even in that evil city let there abound these usuries; let them not enter the walls where the breast is smitten!” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 9–12.
Read the whole comment“And we speak of our daily bread, as ours, but we add, Give unto us.…“That Thou mayest be praised with Thine inheritance.”” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 11.
Read the whole comment“Not, indeed, that spirit of ours by which we are, because that is the spirit of a man which is in him; but this Spirit is ours in another mode, viz. that in which we also say, “Give us this day our bread.”” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 11
Read the whole comment““Give us this day our daily bread.”” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 11.
Read the whole comment“Again, on Matt. vi. on the Lord’s Prayer.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Again on the Lord’s Prayer, Matt. vi. To the Competentes.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Again, on the Lord’s Prayer, Matt. vi. To the Competentes.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Wilt thou not have to say, “Give us our daily bread”?” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 11.
Read the whole comment“But when we say, “Give us this day our daily bread: and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors: and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,” who does not see that we ask for blessings that have reference to the wants of this present life?” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 11–13
Read the whole comment“And even when we are asking aright, let us ask Him at the same time not to do what we ask amiss; for there is reference to this also in the Lord’s Prayer, when we say, “Lead us not into temptation.”” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 9–13.
Read the whole comment“He calls it, their law, not as invented by them, but given to them: just as we say, “Our daily bread;” which, nevertheless, we ask of God in conjoining the words “Give us.”” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 11.
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John Chrysostom
““Give us this day our daily bread.”” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 11.
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Tertullian
“…the Father’s work;” teaching “to labour for the meat which is permanent unto life eternal;” in our ordinary prayer likewise commanding us to request “bread,” not the wealth of Attalus therewithal.” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 11; Luke xi. 3.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
These three things therefore which have been asked in the foregoing petitions, are begun here on earth, and according to our proficiency are increased in us; but in another life, as we hope, they shall be…
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The Greek word here which we render, ‘supersubstantialis,’ is ἐπιούσιος. The LXX often make use of the word, περιούσιος, by which we find, on reference to the Hebrew, they always render the word, sogola. [ed. note,…
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For Christ is the bread of life, and this bread belongs not to all men, but to us. This bread we pray that it be given day by day, lest we who are in Christ, and who daily receive the Eucharist for food of salvation,…
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Here then the saints ask for perseverance of God, when they pray that they may not be separated from the body of Christ, but may abide in that holiness, committing no crime.
Read the whole comment - Pseudo-ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
Or by ‘supersubstantialis’ may be intended, ‘daily.’ [ed. note: Pseudo-Chrys. reads or translates ‘quotidianus,’ he does not introduce the word ’supersubstantialis’ at all.]
Read the whole comment - John CassianCatena Aurea on Matthew
In that He says, “this day,” He shews that it is to be daily taken, and that this prayer should be offered at all seasons, seeing there is no day on which we have not need, by the receiving of this bread, to confirm…
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There is here a difficulty created by the circumstance of there being many in the East, who do not daily communicate in the Lord’s Supper. And they defend their practice on the ground of ecclesiastical authority,…
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Though the expression to-day may be understood of this present life; thus, Give us this bread while we abide in this world.
Read the whole comment - JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
We may also interpret the word ‘supersubstantialis’ otherwise, as that which is above all other substances, and more excellent than all creatures, to wit, the body of the Lord.
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Or by “daily” we may understand spiritual, namely, the divine precepts which we ought to meditate and work.
Read the whole comment - Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on Matthew
We call it our bread, yet pray that it may be given us, for it is God’s to give, and is made ours by our receiving it.
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Others understand it literally according to that saying of the Apostle, “Having food and raiment, let us therewith be content,” that the saints should have care only of present food; as it follows, “Take no thought…
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So that herein we ask for a sufficiency of all things necessary under the one name of bread.
Read the whole comment - Pseudo-ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
We pray, “Give us this day our daily bread,” not only that we may have what to eat, which is common to both righteous and sinners; but that what we eat we may receive at the hand of God, which belongs only to the…
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Some one may perhaps find a difficulty in our here praying that we may obtain necessaries of this life, such as food and raiment, when the Lord has instructed us, “Be not ye careful what ye shall eat, or wherewithal…
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But to wish for the necessaries of life and no more, is not improper; for such sufficiency is not sought for its own sake, but for the health of the body, and for such garb and appliances of the person, as may make…
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It should be thought upon how when He had delivered to us this petition, “Thy will be done as in heaven so in earth,” then because He spake to men in the flesh, and not like angelic natures without passion or…
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And these words at first sight might seem to forbid our having it prepared for the morrow, or after the morrow. If this were so, this prayer could only suit a few; such as the Apostles who travelled hither and…
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Justly therefore does the disciple of Christ make petition for today’s provision, without indulging excessive longings in his prayer. It were a self-contradicting and incompatible thing for us who pray that the…
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Or; He adds, “daily,” that a man may eat so much only as natural reason requires, not as the lust of the flesh urges. For if you expend on one banquet as much as would suffice you for a hundred days, you are not…
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In the Gospel, entitled The Gospel according to the Hebrew, ‘supersubstantialis’ is rendered, ‘mohar,’ that is, ‘tomorrow’s; so that the sense would be, Give us today tomorrow’s bread; i.e. for the time to come.
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Cross-references · 18
Cited together in Catechism §2759.
Cited together in Catechism §1969 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §1969 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Catechism §1969 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 73.
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 6:11 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity V.14.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.15.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.15.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity V.14.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.15.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity V.14.
Cited together in Catechism §2659.
Cited together in Catechism §2659.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.15.