A wonderful way to start off the new year, and each morning: As Morning Breaks by Lisa Hendey and the Catholicmom staff

I found a wonderful resource that I want to share with you.

It is available as a Kindle book which you can access not only through your Kindle Fire, but on your phone, tablet or computer.

This book is the work of Lisa Hendey and the staff at Catholicmom.com and is called As Morning Breaks: Daily Gospel Reflections. It only costs $2.99. You will find not only the book, but ways to get Kindle on your device so you can read it right away.

I love the convenience of having this book on my phone, tablet and computer. I read from the book each day to complement my reflection on the daily readings. I can just whip out my phone and call it up and it’s there.

That convenience was especially nice the other day when I was visiting my dear friend Jackie. I bring her communion each Tuesday and when we pray, we reflect on the daily readings.

Yesterday’s reflection was perfect for my friend, using the example of baking bread to illustrate a point about Jesus feeding the 5000.

Jackie is a wonderful cook and has baked bread in the past as I have (those frozen loaves you can get in the store). She and I enjoyed thinking about warm, freshly baked bread coming from the oven and how much our family members enjoyed it.

At the same time we thought about the love that Jesus showed to a large group of strangers who came to hear his teachings. He not only fed them socially, emotionally and spiritually, he fed them physically with bread.

And after that reflection, Jackie was able to receive communion, the bread that is the physical manifestation of Christ.