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1 2 3 FRANCISCO C NDIDO XAVIER OUR DAILY BREAD BY THE SPIRIT EMMANUEL Translated by Jussara Korngold & Maria Levinson 4 Translation copyright Spiritist Group of New York, 2003 Spiritist Alliance for Books/Spiritist Group of New York P. O. Box 2223 - Radio City Station, New York, NY 10101-2223 Original Title: O P o Nosso (1950) FEB -Federa o Esp rita Brasileira Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE - NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION, Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved. The NIV and New International Version trademarks are registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by International Bible Society.

2 All rights reserved All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the prior permission in writing from the copyright holder. Cover design: Mayt Edition: Crisley Akin Library of Congress Control Number: Main entry under title: Our Daily Bread 1. Religious Philosophy 2. Spiritist Doctrine 3. Christianity I. XAVIER , FRANCISCO C. Our Daily Bread ISBN Edited and revised by the Editorial and Publishing Department of the Spiritist Group of New York (SGNY) and the Spiritist Alliance for Books (SAB) 2001. The Spiritist Group of New York (SGNY) is a non-profit organization, has the sole aim to promote and disseminate the Spiritist Doctrine in English, as codified by Allan Kardec.

3 The group was officially established on April 12th, 2001. However, the members of the group have been earnestly fostering the dissemination of the Spiritist Doctrine in the United States for over six years. As a result, a number of its founders and participating members have founded The Spiritist Alliance for Books (SAB), which is an organization that aims to unite people from all over the world who are willing to volunteer in the effort of translating spiritist books (which were originally written in other languages) into English. Special thanks for the Spiritist Alliance for Books team who participated in this project: Crisley Thom , Edson Pav o and Karina Mrakovcich. 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS IN CHRISTIAN SERVICE 71 LET'S GET TO WORK 82 PAUSE AND THINK 93 THE PLOUGH 104 PRIOR TO SERVICE 115 SALARIES 126 MAKE USE OF THE LIGHT 137 THE SEED 148 ANXIETIES 159 PEOPLE OF FAITH 1610 FRATERNAL SENTIMENTS 1711 GOODNESS IS TIRELESS 1812 HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THIS?

4 1913 INDISPENSABLE STAGES 2014 PAGES 2115 THOUGHTS 2216 WHO DO YOU OBEY 2317 INTERCESSION 2418 TRIALS OF FIRE 2519 FALSE ALLEGATIONS 2620 THE MARCH 2721 DEEP WATER 2822 FICKLENESS 2923 IT DOES NOT BELONG TO ALL 3024 PRODIGAL SONS 3125 ON THE PATH 3226 IMMEDIATE TASKS 3327 CRUSHING EVIL 3428 TO WHAT END? 3529 THE VINEYARD 3630 CONVENTIONS 3731 WITH CHARITY 3832 CORPSES 3933 LET US ALSO WORK 4034 A QUIET PLACE 4135 AN ACTIVE CHRIST 4236 TO THE END 4337 IT WOULD BE USELESS 4438 YOUR PERSONAL ACCOUNT 4539 INVITATION TO RIGHTEOUSNESS 4640 IN PREPARATION 4741 IN THE FUTURE 4842 FOREVER ALIVE 4943 GOOD MANNERS 5044 HEALING 5145 WHEN YOU PRAY 5246 YOU, HOWEVER 5347 THE DIFFICULTY OF PLEASING OTHERS 5448 LET US UNDERSTAND 5549 AN OLD ARGUMENT 5650 PRESERVE YOURSELF 5751 SAVE YOURSELF 5852 SUBTLE DANGERS 5953 IN CHAINS 6054 THE REASON FOR THE SUMMONS 6155 INVISIBLE THINGS 6256 SUCCESSES AND FAILURES 6357 IN THE PRESENCE OF JESUS 6458 TO CONTRIBUTE 6559 LET US PROCEED UNTIL WE ARE THERE 6660 THE LOGIC OF PROVIDENCE 6761 MANKIND WITH JESUS 6862 JESUS ON BEHALF OF MANKIND 6963 THE LORD ALWAYS PROVIDE 7064 BETTER TO SUFFER IN RIGHTEOUSNESS 7165 LET US HAVE PEACE 7266 GOOD WILL 7367 ILL WILL 7468 A NECESSARY AWAKENING 7569 TODAY 7670 PRAISES 7771 SHAKE THE DUST OFF 7872 CONTEMPLATE FARTHER AWAY 7973 LET US LEARN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE 8074 BAD CONVERSATIONS 8175 COMPLAINING 8276 THE WITNESSES 8377 TO RESPOND 8478 ACCORDING TO

5 THE FLESH 8579 THE "BUT" AND THE DISCIPLES 8680 THE "NO" AND THE STRUGGLE 8781 IN PARADISE 8882 IN SPIRIT 8983 ACCORDING TO LOVE 9084 RAISING HOLY HANDS 9185 WHAT ABOUT THE ADULTERER? 9286 TO INTEND AND TO ACT 9387 ALWAYS PONDER 9488 CORRECTIONS 9589 BLESSINGS 9690 THE DIVINE WORKERS 9791 THAT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY 9892 GOD DOES NOT FORSAKE YOU 9993 THE GOSPEL AND THE WOMAN 100 694 SEX 10195 THIS IS THE MESSAGE 10296 PRECISELY BECAUSE OF THIS 10397 GUARD THE GOOD DEPOSIT 10498 AVOID QUARRELS 10599 WITH ARDENT LOVE 106100 LET US GIVE THANKS 107101 RESIST TEMPTATION 108102 CAESAR AND US 109103 THE CROSS AND DISCIPLINE 110104 A SACRED RIGHT 111105 THE MOST IMPORTANT OBSERVATION 112106 THERE IS A GREAT DIFFERENCE 113107 COMPASSION 114108 PRAYER 115109 THE THREE IMPERATIVES 116110 PERSONAL MAGNETISM 117111 WIN FRIENDS 118112 ETERNAL TABERNACLES 119113 YOUR FAITH 120114 THE NEW ATHENIANS 121115 THE DOOR 122116 LISTEN TO THEM 123117 IN THE FAMILY 124118 FOR

6 THIS REASON 125119 ALWAYS BE OF ASSISTANCE 126120 CONCILIATION 127121 MANURE PILE 128122 SIN AND SINNER 129123 COMMON CONDITION 130124 NOT LACKING 131125 THE SEPARATION 132126 THE THORN 133127 THE LAW OF RETURN 134128 BECAUSE OF IGNORANCE 135129 WHEN HE BROKE THE BREAD 136130 WHERE ARE THEY? 137131 THE WORLD AND THE FAITH 138132 IN EVERYTHING 139133 THE GREAT FUTURE 140134 SPIRITUAL NUTRITION 141135 NECESSARY RENOVATION 142136 CONFLICT 143137 ENEMIES 144138 LET US ANALYZE THIS 145139 OFFERINGS 146140 LET US REMEMBER CORRECTLY 147141 FRATERNAL LOVE 148142 REPRISALS 149143 DO NOT TYRANNIZE 150144 MAKE PREPARATIONS 151145 WORKERS 152146 FOLLOW THE TRUTH 153147 IT IS NOT SOLELY THAT 154148 HARVESTERS 155149 TO BELIEVE IN VAIN 156150 HE IS ONE AND THE SAME 157151 NO ONE LEAVES 158152 IN WHAT MANNER?

7 159153 LET US NOT STUMBLE 160154 THE OPPOSERS 161155 AGAINST FOOLISHNESS 162156 SKY UPON SKY 163157 THE SELFISH SON 164158 THE INTERNAL GOVERNMENT 165159 THE POSSESSION OF THE KINGDOM 166160 THE GREAT BATTLE 167161 WHAT DO YOU SAY? 168162 SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATIONS 169163 BE THANKFUL 170164 THE DEVIL 171165 FALSE SPEECHES 172166 THE CURE OF HATRED 173167 UNDERSTANDING 174168 AT DAWN 175169 EYES 176170 THE TONGUE 177171 THE LAW OF USAGE 178172 WHAT DO YOU AWAKEN 179173 HOW TO TESTIFY 180174 SPIRITISM IN THE FAITH 181175 TREATMENT OF OBSESSION 182176 IN THE REVELATION OF LIFE 183177 LET US GUARD OUR MENTAL HEALTH 184178 THE BATTLE WITHIN 185179 LET US UNDERSTANDING BY SERVING 186180 BELIEVE AND FOLLOW 187 7IN CHRISTIAN SERVICE For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due to him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

8 Paul (II Corinthians 5:10) There are some who undoubtedly perceive Spiritism as a simple experimental phenomenon of little moral significance to mankind. Thus, many students of this Consoling Doctrine limit themselves to laboratory investigations or philosophical discussions. Notwithstanding, it is imperative that we recognize there are as many categories of discarnates as there are of incarnates. Spirits that are argumentative, frivolous, rebellious and unstable are everywhere. Beyond these, other enigmas and problems appear to the inhabitants of both planes. For similar reasons, the supporters of effective progress of the world, far from physical life, advocate Spiritism with Jesus converting the interchange in a factor of spiritual purification.

9 We feel that we should not criticize other circles of life, if we are not interested in improving our personality in the one in which we live. It is of little value to search for resources that do not dignify us. So for us, who supposedly have our hearts open to the responsibilities of living, Spiritism does not express just a simple conviction of immortality: it is a climate of service and edification. It is of no use simply to have the conviction of the survival of the soul after death, without prior preparation for spiritual life while we are on Earth. In that effort toward rehabilitation there is no wiser and more loving guide than Christ. Only in the light of His sublime lessons it is possible to re-adjust our path, renovate our mind and purify our heart.

10 Not everything that is admirable is divine. Not all that is grand is respectable. Not all that is beautiful is saintly. Not all that is agreeable is useful. The problem is not only to have the knowledge, but it is for each to reform oneself towards righteousness. So let us adapt ourselves to the Gospel in feeling and in life, being mindful of our indispensable inner illumination because according to the opportune and wise words of the Apostle, For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due to him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad. Emmanuel Received in the city of Pedro Leopoldo Brazil, February 22, 1950 81 LET S GET TO WORK What then shall we say brothers?