Daily Meditation: The Most Human and Most Divine Gesture

The Most Human and Most Divine Gesture - from Henri Nouwen's Bread for the Journey The two disciples whom Jesus joined on the road to Emmaus recognised him in the breaking of the bread.   What is a more common, ordinary gesture than breaking bread?  It may be the most human of all human gestures:  a gesture of hospitality, friendship, care, and the desire to be together.  Taking a loaf of bread, blessing it, breaking it, and giving it to those seated around the table signifies unity, community, and peace.   When Jesus does this he does the most ordinary as well as the most extraordinary.  It is the most human as well as the most divine gesture. The great mystery is that this daily and most human gesture is the way we recognise the presence of Christ among us.  God becomes most present when we are most human. For further reflection... They asked each other, "Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us...?" - Luke 24: 32a (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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