While they were eating,
he took bread, said the blessing,
broke it, gave it to them, and said,
"Take it; this is my body." (Mark 14:22)
Reflection: What Jesus does to bread, he does to each of us. The Eucharist is an invitation for us to join in the four-fold donation of ourselves, in the way Jesus did. Like Jesus we are to TAKE up our lives of faith (which we do at Baptism), and we BLESS life through our participation in the Sacraments. Next, we are invited to BREAK ourselves of an ego-centered life by dying to self, humbly claiming our brokenness before God. Finally, we are to GIVE our lives unto others. Some do this by way of service, commitment, vocation, generosity, or a change of life to set the world on fire.
What Jesus did to the bread, He asks to be done unto us.
Take the initiative and donate your body back to the One who first gave it to you. In what way have you lived out these four actions of the Christian life?
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