Sharing – Aug. 13, 2021
“We are united through sharing … our lives made meaningful … made new. “Take. Eat. This is my body,” said Jesus when He broke the bread at the Last Supper. Then He gave His life for us. Behind all communion is the knowledge that we must give our lives to each other, for each other.” […]
Time to Rise – Aug. 12, 2021
“We must work with time and patience if we want to make bread. There is no point in making it if we do not accept this. This is true of loving also. Awareness … acceptance … patience. It takes everything we have to be able to live this way. It means that we finally take […]
Mixing Dough – Aug. 11, 2021
“Once the ingredients are assembled, once they are mixed together into a dough, they will become part of each other. They will be one thing. Life … becoming bread … becoming life. Process. We can smile at the pictures we have of it in our minds. Still lives—particular moments in their gilded frames. And yet […]
Gifts – Aug. 10, 2021
“A midrash tells us that “when the world was created God made everything a little bit incomplete. Rather than making bread grow right out of the earth, God made wheat grow so that we might bake it into bread. In this way we could become partners in completing the work of creation.” Recognition. Repetition. Reverence. […]
