“Centuries of secularism have failed to transform eating into something strictly utilitarian. Food is still treated with reverence...To eat is still something more than to maintain bodily functions. People may not understand what that 'something more' is, but they nonetheless desire to celebrate it. They are still hungry and thirsty for sacramental life.” PeopleMayStillsDesireCenturyEatingFunctionHungryTreatedCelebrateReverenceSecularismThirstyUtilitarianBodily Functions Author:Alexander Schmemann
“Man is a hungry being. But he is hungry for God. Behind all the hunger of our life is God. All desire is finally a desire for Him.” MenLife IsDesireBehindsOur LivesHungerHungry Book:For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy Source: For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy
