Daily Meditation: Jesus, Our Food and Drink

Jesus, Our Food and Drink - from Henri Nouwen's Bread for the Journey Jesus is the Word of God, who came down from heaven, was born of the Virgin Mary through the power of the Holy Spirit, and became a human person.  This happened in a specific place at a specific time.   But each day when we celebrate the Eucharist, Jesus comes down from heaven, takes bread and wine, and by the power of the Holy Spirit becomes our food and drink.  Indeed, through the Eucharist, God's incarnation continues to happen at any time and at any place. Sometimes we might think:  "I wish I had been there with Jesus and his apostles long ago!"  But Jesus is closer to us now than he was to his own friends.  Today he is our daily bread! For further reflection... Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life.  Those who come to me will never go hungry, and those who believe in me will never be thirsty." - John 6: 35 (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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