Memorial

 

The Spiritual Waiting Room

Memorial

Fruits     Redemption

Eat     Drink     Partake

I Am Living Bread

Life

(photo and poem by Kathy McNamara)

Scriptures:   Deuteronomy 8:3

God let you feel hunger as you were wandering in the desert for forty years and then fed you with manna.

This was a food that both you and your fathers had never eaten.

The Lord wanted to show you that not by bread alone does a person live, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.

Sequence: Lauda Sion

What Jesus did at supper seated,

Christ desired to be repeated,

His memorial always given.

John 6:51

I am the living bread that came down from heaven.

If you eat this bread, you will live forever.

Reflection

Memorials can be very helpful. We can learn about important events in the past. 

Jesus wanted to give Himself to us. He knew that we would need His strength and His Love.

He left us a memorial of bread and wine to nourish us and help us. Jesus wants to give us a living bread. He wants us to live forever with Him. 

The Jewish people had an important history with bread. The manna had sustained them as they were traveling in the desert after Moses led them out of slavery in Egypt. 

This experience was a special memorial for the Israelites. It reminded them that God would never abandon them.

God fed them with manna and also with the word of God. Jesus comes to us as the Word of God.

The memorial that Jesus leaves for us is His gift for us. It is the greatest gift we can receive.

It is the gift of life.

Forever!

1. What are some memorials that have a special meaning for you?

2. Why did Jesus leave a memorial for us?

3. How did manna help the Jewish people?

4. What does Kathy's photo say to you?

(scripture and sequence adaptation, reflection, and questions by John J. McNamara)