HE TOOK SOME BREAD

PRAYER PAUSE 

Monday 12 September 2016

HE TOOK SOME BREAD

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “On the same night that he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus, took some bread, and thanked God for it and broke it, and he said, “This is my body which is for you; do this as a memorial of me.” (1 Cor 11:17-26)

Reflection. This is the first written account of what we now call the Eucharist, the Mass. This is a treasure at the heart of the Christian faith and people have given their lives to defend it. This is our visible, touchable, link with the Lord Jesus and one another. We share bread. Simple. Yet this bread is life giving in a sense that goes far beyond the bread we eat at the breakfast table. We feed on God as a child feeds on their mother’s milk. And what does that mean? What doors does that open? The Church struggles between surrounding it with wonder and ceremony and making it simple and accessible. For it is both.

  

Prayer. Lord Jesus, may we rejoice in you r gift of the Eucharist. Amen