Tag Archives: Holy Communion

This is my body

Mark 14:17-25 Gathered around the Passover table, Jesus reclined with his disciples for one final meal, one last teaching moment, one last time to show them the depths to which God was willing to go in order to save his … Continue reading

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Can you drink this cup?

Mark 10:32-45 Since the fall of Adam and Eve into sin, it has been God’s plan to save his people. The parameters were set as God gave the vocation of tending the garden to the first humans; “You may surely … Continue reading

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Understanding the Loaves and Fish

Mark 6:34-44 Jesus and the twelve set out in the boat to get away for a while, but when they reached the shore the crowds were waiting for them. Jesus was in high demand; there were crowds at every turn. … Continue reading

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Do This

And as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, “Take; this is my body.” Mark 14:22 In the night in which Jesus was handed over, he prepared his … Continue reading

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Encountering God’s Word made Flesh

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 The gospel according to John gives the Church a … Continue reading

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