The Spiritual Waiting Room
Taste
God's Promise
Chose Transform Nourish
Bread of Eternal Life
Gift
(Photo and poem by Kathy McNamara)
Scripture: John 6:51
Jesus said, "I am the living bread that came down from heaven; when you taste this bread, you will live forever."
Reflection
The power of taste.
We can all think of certain times when we were rewarded with a really good taste. Eating a special meal. A really fine glass of wine. An amazing desert. You don't want that experience to end. It's delightful.
God comes to us with a promise in Chapter 6 of The Gospel of John. Jesus invites us to taste a special bread. It is a bread that has come down from heaven.
What an invitation! How can anyone refuse that bread? We all want to live forever.
It is an invitation that lets us know that God has chosen us. We are transformed by God's choice because God wants to nourish us. God knows that we need special food for our journey. Jesus came down from heaven to give us that food.
Our favorite foods are wonderful, and we look forward to tasting them. They fill us with delight and satisfy us. This effect, however, is temporary. We will get hungry again.
The bread that Jesus is sharing is eternal. It will always be with us, always help us, always sustain us.
It is a pure gift. We cannot merit it. We cannot purchase it. We cannot make it.
The bread is Jesus.
He wants to be with us. He wants to fill us. He wants to give us living bread.
That bread comes to us as we get to know Jesus intimately through our prayer life, through pondering the scriptures, and through proclaiming the Good News to the poor and the outcast.
Jesus wants to gift us.
We have been chosen.
Tasting time!
1. What are some of your favorite tastes?
2. How do you feel about the invitation that Jesus gives us to taste of His living bread?
3. How has Jesus nourished you?
4. Why does Jesus want to be with you?
5. What do you feel as you look at Kathy's photo?
(Scripture adaptation, reflection, and questions by John J. McNamara)
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