Episode 9: Give Us This Day, Our Daily Bread

How do we trust that God will give us what we really need?  In this episode, Father Andrew examines the fourth petition of the Lord's Prayer, where we ask God to give us, every day, our daily bread. He explains how this "bread" we ask for is in fact all the sustenance we need, including the Holy Eucharist. He explains how we participate in God's plan to give everyone their daily bread when we give our tithes, and those tithes become the daily bread of others. And he responds to this frequent question about the stewardship of treasure: "How much, and when, should I give to God?"  

Father Andrew Kemberling is a parochial vicar of Immaculate Heart of Mary in Northglenn, Colorado. For 14 years he was pastor at St. Thomas More Parish in Centennial, CO. With Mila Glodava, Director of Communications and Stewardship, he wrote the book "Making Stewardship a Way of Life: A Complete Guide for Catholic Parishes" (published by Our Sunday Visitor, 2009). The parish received many awards for its pioneering embrace of stewardship as a touchstone of parish life.  Fr. Andrew was born in Tucson, Arizona, and joined the Benedictine order in 1985. He was ordained a priest in 1988.