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First Holy Communion & Reconciliation » Bread or Stone - Penetential Preparation
Bread or Stone - Penetential Preparation
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You are Either Bread or Stone Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died,
whoever eats this bread will live forever." John 6; 53-58
You are either bread or stone.
Bread can be broken and shared with others.
Stone is hard and cold.
When I accept to share what I have with others... When I take the time to help someone in need... I am bread for others.
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| When I am selfish and think only of myself... When all I am interested in is taking advantage of others... When I am cold with those who could use my friendship... I am stone for others.
Bread is good to eat and it gives life.
When I respect others and treat them with kindness... When I am a peacemaker where there is tension... When I forgive those who have hurt me... I am bread for them. I give them life.
When I put others down, or laugh at them... When I gossip... When I want revenge... I am like a stone. There is no life in me.
With stones you can break things. When you use hard thoughts, hard words, hard actions with those around you and treat them as your enemies, you are like a stone thrown through a beautiful stained glass window, shattering the lives of those around you.
Bread is soft and lets itself be eaten.
When I think well of others and help them see the goodness and gentleness of God through me, I am like soft bread that feeds and gives strength.
We have a choice... We can be stone for others... We can be bread for them... Which have you been lately? Which one do you want to be? How have I been stone for others? How can I be more like bread for them? ©Gilles Côté, 1999...Catholic Religious Education Webzine
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