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Tuesday 30th
Week OT
St. Luke’s
Institute
October 29, 2013
YEAST & GLUTEN ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ø I enjoy cooking,
esp making bread
Ø In 1-day
bread making course, learned that bread requires 2 things to rise: gluten &
yeast
Ø Gluten
provides the structure ~ tinker toys
Ø Yeast
provides the gas, Co2
Ø Dough w/
yeast, but w/o gluten increases, but spreads out across the table
Ø Dough w/
gluten, but w/o yeast has the tinker toy structure, but doesn’t rise within it
Ø With both
elements, you get a beautiful bowl of risen dough and great tasting loaves of
bread
SPIRIT &
CHURCH ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ø When Jesus is
asked about the K/G, responds, “To what
shall I compare it? It is
like yeast that a woman took and
mixed in with three measures of wheat flour until
the whole batch of dough was leavened.”
Ø To words of the
Lord, I’d like to suggest that the yeast as air, spirit, is the living
life-giving yeast that makes the bread, bread
Ø And the gluten
that is found in the wheat is the Church as a structure to lift that Spirit
high, to give it access and visibility, corporeality, and permanent presence
through the ages
WORK & TIME
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ø
Structure & life-giving gas are not
the only important things to remember about bread
Ø
There is the hard work of kneading and
the virtue of patient waiting for the dough to rise
Ø
This is also true of experiencing the
effects of God’s presence in our world
Ø
It takes work, time, and patience.
CONCLUSION +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ø Gluten and yeast, hard work and patient
waiting – not only good tips regarding bread making, but for being God’s
presence in our world as well
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