“While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he broke it, gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you; for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.” Matthew 26:26-28
This song has always touched my heart. It’s been a meditation song since the first time I heard it sung by Brian Flynn at a Catholic Men’s Gathering nearing 20 years ago.
Especially on this night, when we commemorate that night in “The Upper Room” when Jesus gave to us Himself as Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity in the Most Holy Eucharist.
Sit back now and imagine yourself sitting at that table, watching as Jesus lifts the bread. Listen to the Lord as He says ‘THIS IS My Body…”, “ THIS IS My Blood..”
“So Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day; for my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever.”” John 6:53-58