🎧 Sermon Podcast: Give us the Bread of Life (St. Luke 11:1–13)
📅 Preached by Rev. Steven Macias at Saint Paul’s Anglican Church, Los Altos on July 27, 2025
In this week’s sermon, Fr. Steve Macias draws from St. Augustine to explore the Gospel of St. Luke and the mystery of prayer and the reality of Christ’s presence in the Eucharist.
Through the parable of the midnight visitor and Christ’s teaching on prayer, listeners are invited to consider the urgency of intercession, the hiddenness of God, and the spiritual nourishment found in the Bread of Life.
We reflect on the Lord’s Prayer not merely as words, but as a kingdom-forming practice. Drawing also from the insights of Lancelot Andrewes, the sermon offers a reverent Anglican view on the mystery of Christ’s real presence in the sacrament.
Outline:
1. The Midnight Visitor: The Call to Intercession
- Need & Hunger: A friend arrives in darkness
- Insufficiency & Urgency
- Intercession
2. The Shut Door: The Discipline of Prayer
- Persistence & Habit
- The Hidden God: God delays not to frustrate but to deepen faith; knocking shapes the soul for communion.
3. The Bread of Life: The Gift of Christ Himself
- Three Loaves & the Trinity: The gift received is not ordinary—Christ Himself, the true bread, is given to those who ask.
- Eucharistic Fulfillment: The parable points us to the altar where Christ is offered and received.
- Feeding the World: Those who have eaten are called to live by this bread and share it with the hungry world around them.
