Sunday, June 23, 2019

Jesus among us (Henri Nouwen)


   Whenever we come together around the table, take bread, bless it, break it, and give it to one another saying: The Body of Christ, we know that Jesus is among us.  He is among us not as a vague memory of a person who lived long ago but as a real, life-giving presence that transforms us. By eating the Body of Christ, we become the living Christ and we are enabled to discover our own chosenness and blessedness, acknowledge our brokenness, and trust that all we live we live for others.  Thus we, like Jesus himself, become food for the world.
--Henri Nouwen             

Image source:  Fr. Sieger Koder, The Last Supper, https://melaniejeanjuneau.blog/2016/02/29/unique-catholic-artist-fr-sieger-koder/ . (Visit this site to see more remarkable Christian art by the late Fr. Koder.)

No comments:

Post a Comment