Daily Meditation: Deepening the Passage of Baptism

Deepening the Passage of Baptism - from Henri Nouwen's Bread for the Journey In and through the celebration of the Eucharist, Jesus' death and resurrection  become a reality for us here and now.  As we eat and drink from the Body and Blood of Christ, our mortal bodies become united with the risen Christ.  Thus our deaths, like Jesus' death, means not destruction but passage to new life. In this way the Eucharist deepens and strengthens in us the passage that we first made through baptism.  The Eucharist is the sacrament that allows us to appropriate fully our baptismal grace. For further reflection... "But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?  If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all humans." - I Corinthians 15: 12, 19 (NIV) Comment on this Daily Meditation. Save the date! For those of you in the Toronto area, keep October 13 free! Click here. The First Annual Henri Nouwen Lecture featuring Jim Wallis happens November 14, 2015. For more information, click here.   Visit our website for inspiration, resources, news, events, community.     Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, ©1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Photo by V. Dobson. Scripture chosen by L. Yeskoo.

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