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b'(Gn.14:18-20;\\xa0\\xa0 Ps.110:1-4;\\xa0\\xa0 1Cor.11:23-26;\\xa0\\xa0 Lk.9:11b-17)\\xa0 \\u201cThe Lord Jesus, on the night He was handed over, took bread, and, after He had given thanks, broke it and said, \\u2018This is my body that is for you.\\u2019\\u201d There is food for all, and it is ever available.\\xa0 The Lord feeds us with His own Body and Blood, and He is generous in giving His eternal self to us.\\xa0 Both eternal priest and victim \\u201cof God Most High,\\u201d and God Himself, we need never fear that His provision for us will lapse.\\xa0 And so we \\u201cproclaim the death of the Lord until He comes\\u201d; we share in His holy sacrifice until it is made complete in heaven.\\xa0 For it is His death which gives us life, it is the holy offering of Himself which feeds us on our journey here.\\xa0 Let us come always to the altar of His Sacrament and feast upon the nourishment He provides. In our gospel we hear that \\u201cJesus spoke to the crowds of the kingdom of God,\\u201d healing those in need.\\xa0 After the Word was opened to them, the bread was brought forth.\\xa0 \\u201cLooking up to heaven, He said the blessing over [the loaves], broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.\\u201d\\xa0 As He would do the night before He died, so He would do here, in answer to the concern of the Twelve for the people.\\xa0 He says to His chosen, \\u201cGive them some food yourselves.\\u201d\\xa0 He thus invites them to share in His sacrifice and in His ministry by laying down their lives for the Church. Here is the Mass clearly foreshadowed.\\xa0 Here it is present even before the death of Christ.\\xa0 Even before the victim has fully offered Himself, He leads us to the table upon which we ever feed.\\xa0 And that which was begun in this desert place so long ago comes down to us this day.\\xa0 The twelve baskets of food remaining we continue to be fed with today; and this Bread continues to be multiplied \\u2013 the more we eat of it, the more there is to be eaten.\\xa0 Such is God\\u2019s love and generosity.\\xa0 Such is the richness of the table He sets before us.\\xa0 Like our priest and victim, it is eternal.\\xa0 There is no end to God\\u2019s grace and the blessings He holds for us.\\xa0 We cannot consume the depths of His love. And so we are to contribute to the spreading and the sharing of the holy offering Jesus is for us.\\xa0 We must call all to the altar of the Lord; we must see that His gift is multiplied.\\xa0 He is \\u201ca priest forever\\u201d; as long as we live, He dies for us \\u2013 for as long as we breathe upon this earth, His blood is poured forth.\\xa0 Let us pray in words and in deeds that this blood will come to many and cleanse them of their sins.\\xa0 Let us pray that many come to life by His sacrifice, that many will partake of His Body and His Blood.\\xa0 By each one who comes to the table, we are all strengthened, for the Body is made more whole.\\xa0 Until the time this one Body has reached fulfillment, until His sacrifice is complete, let us continue indeed to \\u201cproclaim the death of the Lord,\\u201d who thereby feeds us with His eternal love. Written, read & chanted, and produced by James Kurt. Music: "Symbiosis: State of Living Together" from All One, sixth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt. ******* O LORD, it is you who deliver our foes into our hands, for it is you who strengthen us with the Body and Blood of your Son. YHWH, Jesus shares His very Body and Blood, His own self, with us; and so we who are blessed to partake of this food become as He is, graced with the power of your only Son.\\xa0 As He hands the bread to His disciples to distribute to the people and it is in their hands the bread is multiplied, so His princely power is shared with all who eat His Body and drink His Blood.\\xa0 And so all are fed. Jesus is the priest of the Most High God, the priest and victim whom you bless, O Father in Heaven.\\xa0 And the blessing upon Him falls on all who follow Him, upon all who come to His table and eat.\\xa0 It is for our sakes He accepts such a blessing; such a call to lay down His life He receives from you that we might have the food of Heaven, that we might not starve upon this plane.\\xa0 And so we proclaim the grace that is ours by His death, until He comes again.'