Mark 14:22-25
While they were eating, he took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he broke it, gave it to them, and said, “Take; this is my body.” 23Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he gave it to them, and all of them drank from it. 24 He said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.
As we gather around the table to receive Christ’s body and the cup for the sacred moment of communion, these words echo in my mind for each person who comes forward. I am able to say to each individual who comes to my station those holy words, “the bread and blood of Christ, for you.” We are nourished by this sacred meal together. We are sealed as Christ’s holy people, through this communion and we are given just a foretaste of that heavenly banquet too. We’ve come to the table again and so, sustained, as the song, Loaves Were Broken, Words Were Spoken eloquently states, “by your body broken for us, by your wine of life outpoured, Jesus, feed again your people. Be our Host, our Life, our Lord.”
Prayer
Bread of Life, we have been fed at your table through such promise that we are never alone. Continue to sustain us. Feed our hearts, O Lord our Redeemer. Amen.
