Bruschetta Al Pomodoro (tomato Toast)

How sweet all at once it was for me to be rid of those fruitless joys which I had once feared to lose and was now glad to reject! You drove them from me, You who are the true, the sovereign joy. You drove them from me and took their place, You who are sweeter than all pleasure, though not to flesh and blood, You who outshine all light yet are hidden deeper than any secret in our hearts, You who surpass all honor though not in the eyes of men who see all honor in themselves. At last my mind was free from the gnawing anxieties of ambition and gain, from wallowing in filth and scratching the itching sore of lust. I began to talk to you freely, O Lord my God, my Light, my Wealth, and my Salvation.

Augustine

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
	Italian	Italian1	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		Basket cherry tomatotes
		ripe
5	T	Extra virgin olive oil
		divided
1/2	t	Salt, or to taste
1/4	t	Fresh ground pepper, or to
		taste
6		Italian bread, not
		sourdough
3		Garlic cloves, peeled
2 1/2		t, 0 Other Carbohydrates

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat the oven to 450F.  Place the tomatoes in a medium depth
roasting pan that holds them  snugly in a single layer.  Sprinkle on 2
tablespoons of the olive oil and salt and pepper to  taste and shke the
pan ell to coat. Roast the tomatoes for about 15  minutes or so,
shaking the pan now and then. when they are slightly  charred on top,
remove them from the oven and set them aside.  Broil, on high, bread on
both sides until they are light golden with  little burnt spots.
Immediately rub one side of each slice with the  whole clvoes of
gralic, using all the garlic. On the same side,  drizzle oh the
remaining olive oil divided amont the slices of brad.  Slightly masth
the tomatoes with a fork and top the toasted bread  with them.  Serves
6.  (all recipes (c) Carlo Middione - Vivande Ristorante, as printed in
SF  Examiner Epicure, 4/26/95)  Per serving: 156 Calories (kcal); 12g
Total Fat; (68% calories from  fat); 2g Protein; 11g Carbohydrate; 0mg
Cholesterol; 295mg Sodium  Food Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean
Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit;  Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.

A Message from our Provider:

“Jesus: the human face of God”

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 317 Calories From Fat: 113 Total Fat: 12.7g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 762.9mg Potassium: 233mg Carbohydrates: 42.7g Fiber: 2.8g Sugar: 4.1g Protein: 8.9g

Biblical confession also includes a horizontal dimension – confession to one another, where we find powerful healing. Confession to God alone often does not lift us into the freedom we desire. With God alone, confession can be too easy. It is too easy to save face, and there is no healing, no release, in saving face, however earnest the confession to God might seem to be. Confession to God alone can be a way of not really facing ourselves and our sins. James 5:16 shows us where freedom can be found: “Therefore confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.”

Ray Ortlund