Living Bread

Then the Jews began to complain about Jesus because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” They were saying, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” Jesus answered them, “Do not complain among yourselves. No one can come to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me; and I will raise that person up on the last day. It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me. Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father. Very truly, I tell you, whoever believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” John 6:41-51 

Living Bread

Creator of the finite and infinite
renewal of all life and all vision
you hung the stars for night light
and big branches for our shade.

We feel suspended in this year
stuck between fear and hope
hung up by disease and panic
aching to be kneaded into shape.

You are the source of all life
the ancient creative loving hands
draw close and revive us now
so that we might rise again.

Help us to be mailable and soft
so that we might receive life
help us to wait as we rise up
filled with love for all people. Amen