The Bread of Life
Serving one another bread is glimpsing life’s heart – let us not forget that.
When the bread is broken the hands of the one holding the loaf part
and her arms are open to share food and life.
Bread gives in each step of its creation:
to the one who makes and touches and waits;
to the one who breaks and serves;
to the one who receives and eats.
Then this precious vehicle of life is eaten and becomes, somehow us.
So the cycle continues.
The God that was there in immortal wheat is there in sharing bread.
Isn’t this what the Eucharist symbolizes:
that all meals are sacred;
all food is holy;
that companionship is sharing the promise of life and strength.
Joy Mead
…The One Loaf
