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Tuesday of the 3rd Week
of Easter
St. Luke’s Institute
April 21, 2015
A GOOD LOAF OF BREAD ++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ø A while ago I took a
rustic bread-baking course
Ø 2 things we learned
abt a gd loaf of bread: needed gluten & gas
Ø W/o gluten no
structure & dough runs everywhere
Ø W/o gas you may have
structure, but it doesn’t rise
JESUS AS GOOD BREAD +++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ø When Jesus says he’s
bread of life he could mean bread as staff of life, bread at the table of poor &
rich alike, bread as a collective meaning food
Ø Today we’ll look at
Jesus being bread w/ great gluten & gas
Ø The gluten, structure,
is the Church
Ø The gas, yeast, the
presence of his life-giving Spirit
Ø It’s structure &
Spirit that sustained 1st XTNs in the severe persecutions of Saul of
Tarsus
WE AS
GOOD BREAD +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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We’re called to be that same bread for others
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We need to look at our involvement at the level of structure and
yeast
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As structure do we contribute to vitality of Church?
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As yeast, do we breathe life into our people, programs, and
ritual?
CONCLUSION
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ø
Today Jesus says to the disciples: “I am the bread of life.”
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Feed on him and become bread of life for others
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With structure and Spirit, that is not a will of the wisp dream;
it becomes a reality
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