1 Corinthians 16-17: The bread that we break, is it not a
sharing in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread,
we who are many are one body, for we all partake of one
bread.
Our congregation for its size is quite diversified, living into
the Eucharist. The bread we receive is given to all of us as
the one bread uniting us into the grace of the Holy Spirit. I
am blessed to be a partaker within such a body.
I really like bread. There are many varieties yet all start with
basic and simple ingredients. Yes, the earthiness of it, grain
in the soil, water and yeast. There are the things Jesus spoke
about so often. He became one of us to bring us to God.
I spent a few years as a child on my grandfather's farm.
Wheat was grown, seed planted, nature in the raw. When the
head ripened and the stalk golden, came the crew with the
threshing machine to harvest the grain from the shaft blown
upon the haystack. My grandmother fed us all, threshing
crew too. Always a sunny day. This was a coming together
at one table for bread.
Jesus said, "I am the bread of life, whoever comes to me will
never hunger." (John 6:35)
Psalm 102; Lamentations 2:10-18;
1 Corinthians 10:14-17, 11:27-32; Mark 14:12-25
These Lenten meditations were written by the people
of St. Barnabas' for the people of St. Barnabas' as part
of our recognition of the 50th anniversary of the founding
of this church. We hope that you will find them helpful
in your own Lenten devotions.
