SHARING A MEAL!

SHARING A MEAL!


I have SHARED a meal
With MANY of you that
I SEND my poems to


With many of you=
A LOT MORE than one


In many RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS=the
SHARING of meal
Is rich with SYMBOLISM=Jesus
Shared a meal with many
Of his friends and disciples


It is great camaraderie
It is great INTIMACY
It is FAMILY and FRIENDSHIP


“While they were eating
He took BREAD=said the BLESSING
Broke it=and gave it to them
And said=


'TAKE it=this is
MY BODY'” Mark 14:22


The sharing of HIMSELF
The sharing of ourselves
SHARING A MEAL!


The Eucharist and Passover are bearers
Of a SHARED moment
Of a people


God REVEALS himself through the
RITUAL of eating and drinking
As we REVEAL OURSELVES
And WHO we are


The SHARING of a meal
The sharing of ourselves


“The GENEROUS
Will themselves be blessed


For they SHARE their food
With the poor” Proverbs 22:9


“SHARE with the Lord's people
Who are in NEED
=PRACTICE HOSPITALITY!” Romans 12:13


“Because=
There is ONE LOAF
We=who are MANY
Are one body


For we ALL SHARE
The one loaf” 1 Corinthians 10:17


SHARE a meal with your
Brothers and sisters in Christ
Share a meal with your
Brothers and sisters IN GOD


After all=isn't that what
Jesus DOES with us
In the NEW COVENANT?


GIVES us his body and blood
To eat and drink


Partake with Jesus
PARTAKE in his LIFE


God gave=Jesus GAVE
US HIMSELF


When we leave the
SACRED TABLE
We must BEAR GOD within us


SHARE A MEAL!=share the
BLESSINGS of God and Jesus
THROUGH our JOURNEY through this life


“Again=it will be
Like a man
Going on a JOURNEY


Who called his servants
And ENTRUSTED his wealth
To them” Matthew 25:14


When Jesus SHARES A MEAL
With us=he entrusts us
With his BODY AND BLOOD


The FOOD for our JOURNEY
THROUGH LIFE


LET US SHARE a meal with each
Other=OVER JESUS


In the BODY & BLOOD OF CHRIST=AMEN


Robert P. Wallman
6-3-18




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Fr. James Stephen Behrens, O.C.S.O.