My Body
While they were eating, Jesus took some bread. Jesus thanked
God for the bread and divided it. He gave the bread to his
followers. Jesus said, "Take this bread {and eat it}. This
bread is my body."
-- Mark 14:22 (ERV)
KEY THOUGHT:
For Jesus and his followers, bread was the "staff of life" -- the
essence of food and nourishment to people in Jesus' culture in Jesus'
day. Jesus had already taught his closest followers that he was the
bread of life (John 6). Now, Jesus was providing these followers with a
way to remember him, his life-giving place in their lives, and the
sacrifice he was about to make for them. In addition, he was providing
his followers with a way of understanding their role in the world --
they were to be his bodily presence. When we take of the Lord's Supper
on Sunday like the early followers of Jesus did, we do so to remember
him and to commit to keep alive his ministry to the world as we pledge
to be his Body. We must never take this meal for granted.
TODAY'S PRAYER:
O Father, thank you for leaving us a reminder of Jesus' sacrifice, his
life-giving grace, and our responsibility to keep his memory and
ministry alive as his Body, the Church. In Jesus name. Amen.
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