FRIDAY Breaking of Bread Opening Jesus Calls Us Here to Meet Him CP#59 Jesus calls us here to meet him, as through word and song and prayer We affirm God’s promised presence where his people live and care. Praise the God who keeps his promise; praise the Son who calls us friends; Praise the Spirit who, among us, to our hopes and fears attends.
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FRIDAY Breaking of Bread
Opening
Jesus Calls Us Here to Meet Him CP#59
Jesus calls us here to meet him, as through
word and song and prayer
We affirm God’s promised presence where his
people live and care.
Praise the God who keeps his promise; praise
the Son who calls us friends;
Praise the Spirit who, among us, to our hopes
and fears attends.
Reading
Luke 24: 28 - 35
28 As they came near the village to which they
were going, he walked ahead as if he were going
on. 29But they urged him strongly, saying, ‘Stay
with us, because it is almost evening and the day
is now nearly over.’ So he went in to stay with
them. 30When he was at the table with them, he
took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to
them. 31Then their eyes were opened, and they
recognized him; and he vanished from their sight.
32They said to each other, ‘Were not our
hearts burning within us* while he was talking
to us on the road, while he was opening the
scriptures to us?’ 33That same hour they got
up and returned to Jerusalem; and they found
the eleven and their companions gathered
together. 34They were saying, ‘The Lord has
risen indeed, and he has appeared to Simon!’ 35Then they told what had happened on the
road, and how he had been made known to
them in the breaking of the bread.
Reflection
Imagine walking with a friend, full of
confusion and sorrow. Imagine encountering
a stranger with whom you share these
feelings. Now imagine that stranger opening
your eyes to a new way of looking at what
you have experienced. Your natural reaction
would be to want to continue this experience
– as the stranger walks away, you would be
willing to beg them to stay with you, share a
meal. Break bread together.
And so the story unfolds that they recognize
Christ in the breaking of bread. Imagine how
in awe they were and how anxious they would
be to return to their friends to share this
news.
But the most salient part of this story is not
that they ate together – it is that there was
more than one of them. From the earliest
Jewish traditions, to break bread was to eat
together. At the Last Supper, Jesus broke
bread, not for His disciples, but with them.
There are many faith practices we can do
alone – we can pray alone – we can praise
alone – we can be in communion with God
when we eat alone. We Break Bread with
others. We do it as a community – as one
Body in Christ.
Let us pray with our scriptures to hear the
word of God. They teach us how to be a
community that breaks bread together, united
in love with Christ. And that is something we
cannot do alone.
Prayers
One: And let us consider how to provoke one
another to love and good deeds, not neglecting
to meet together, as is the habit of some, but
encouraging one another, and all the more as
you see the Day approaching. Hebrews 10:
24- 25
All: Lord, we are your disciples, joined
in community with You and with each
other. May we be the refiner’s fire to each
other and may Your light shine through
us to the world.
One: Bear one another’s burdens, and in this
way you will fulfil the law of Christ. Galatians
6:2
All: Lord, we are Your disciples, joined
in community with You and with each
other. May our sharing of our brother’s
and sister’s burdens be Your light
shining through us to the world.
One: Two are better than one, because they have
a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will
lift up the other; but woe to one who is alone and
falls and does not have another to help. Again, if
two lie together, they keep warm; but how can
one keep warm alone? And though one might
prevail against another, two will withstand one. A
threefold cord is not quickly broken. Ecclesiastes
4:9-12
All: Lord, we are Your disciples, joined in
community with You and with each other.
May we discern our gifts and use them to
bless others. May our gifts be used to
glorify You to the world.
One: And we urge you, beloved, to admonish
the idlers, encourage the faint-hearted, help
the weak, be patient with all of them. 1
Thessalonians 5:14
All: Lord, we are Your disciples, joined
in community with You and with each
other. May we strengthen the weak and
encourage the discouraged. May we
always look outward with these gifts to
the world.
One: A friend loves at all times, and kinsfolk
are born to share adversity. Proverbs 17:17
All: Lord, we are Your disciples,
joined in community with You and
with each other. You have made us
out of love and you laid down Your
life for us out of love. May our love of
You shine through us to the world.
One: Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters,
by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of
you should be in agreement and that there
should be no divisions among you, but that you
should be united in the same mind and the
same purpose. 1 Corinthians 1:10
All: Lord, we are Your disciples, joined
in community with You and with each
other. May we be reminded of our need
for You and your desire for us to be
One Body
Jesus Calls Us Here to Meet Him CP#59
Jesus calls us to each other; found in him
are no divides.
Race and class and sex and language-
such are barriers he derides.
Join the hand of friend and stranger; join
the hands of age and youth;
Join the faithful and the doubter in their
common search for truth.
Closing Prayer
One: Beloved friends, maintain constant love for one
another, for love covers a multitude of sins. Be
hospitable to one another without complaining. Like
good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one
another with whatever gift each of you has received.
Whoever speaks must do so as one speaking the very
words of God; whoever serves must do so with the
strength that God supplies, so that God may be
glorified in all things through Jesus Christ. To him