When we eat this bread, and drink your blood, we proclaim your death, Lord, Jesus, until you come in glory.
The bread is given from above. Jesus took the bread and said, this is my body, broken for you. Jesus is our daily bread, given to us by the Father. Give us this day our daily bread.
The bread sustains us. We are God's desert people, lost, looking for the Promised Land. How do we get there? Jesus said: I am the way; Follow me; Love my father, love one another; Do you love me, Peter? Feed my lambs, feed my sheep. Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, have mercy on us, grant us your peace.
The bread strengthens us to feed others. When did we see you, Jesus? When I was hungry, and you fed me. Jesus said: For whatever you have done for the least of my brothers, you have done for me. Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word and I shall be healed.
We are one bread, one body.
Through Jesus, the bread of life, with him, in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honor and glory is yours, Almighty Father, forever and ever. Amen.
(Source: original reflection inspired from meditation on morning of June 9, 2009)
