Breaking Bread

Kevin Mowers

The significance of the Last Supper is vast in many ways. Obviously, it serves as the basis of our communion practices in which we become joined with Christ through the holy sacrament of the bread and wine. Additionally, it forces spiritual brothers and sisters to come together around His table- the alter. 

One recent statistic showed that parents spend, on average, about 38.5 minutes in meaningful conversations with their children per week. In today’s society, the notion of coming together to break bread is one that seems to be fading quickly to other priorities that keep us busy in life. Often, families are running from one event to another and rarely sit down to eat with each other. Our cars are forced through the fast food lanes without a second thought to the dining table at home.

Coming together to break bread has more value than the nutritional intake through the food. Coming together as a family strengthens relationships and places value on the things that are true priorities in life. When we fail to spend time together in the breaking of bread, we are robbing each other of the love and value of our relationships. I believe the same holds true with our spiritual Father. The Lord invites us to His table to take part in His spiritual feast. When we miss out on this opportunity, we are being robbed of our Father’s love and relationship with Him. We also miss the value of our relationships with our brothers and sisters in Christ.

We pray:

Lord, thank you for Your blessings that we receive through Your heavenly feast. Help me to remain focused on the relationships and priorities that are most important in life. May our breaking of bread bring us spiritual, emotional, and physical nourishment that brings us closer to You. Amen.