The Bread that Calls Us Home (Bede)

Homily -The Bread that Calls Us Home (Bede)

Opening Move: At A Loss For Words

• When we are confronted with a mystery, We are at a loss for words!

• This is true natural mysteries!
• Especially those intimate mysteries....
• Like the mystery of human love

• If you were to ask a young man why he was Smitten by his young woman
• If you were to ask him why he was Captured by her love!
• Why does he love?
• He’s at a loss for words!
• He stumbles over words
• Yea, he even stumbles over his lips
• It’s not so much that he cannot find any words...
• But rather, that all the words seem so inadequate!

• It takes time to fathom a mystery!

• In my own experience..,
• It took many years for me to find a word that adequately conveyed the heart of my love for my wife...
• In fact, we were well-past our 15th anniversary before a suitable word
• Was given to me!
• HOME!

Second Move: The Church is at a loss for words to convey the significance of the mystery of Jesus Christ!

• Or even more narrowly, the mystery of the Eucharist!
• The Church seems to be at a loss for words...
• No word seems sufficient for speaking of this Mystery of mysteries!
• And so she has gushed with a thousand words to speak of this mystery!

• Passover Lamb
• Manna
• Heavenly Banquet
• Eucharistic Feast
• Offering
• Pure Victim, Holy Victim
• Immaculate Victim
• Sacrifice 
• Lamb of God
• Flesh of the Son of Man
• The Blessed Sacrament 
• The Holy Eucharist 
• All Sweetness
• The Real and Substantial Presence of our Lord Jesus Christ
• Body of Christ
• Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ 
• Source of our Faith
• Summit of our Faith
• Supersubstantial Food
• Our Daily Bread
• Bread of Angels
• Bread from Heaven
• Bread of Life

Jesus said to them, 

"I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst."

Concluding Move: The Bread that call us HOME!

• So as you come on bended knee to receive... I invite you to...

• Come and eat
• Come and live forever!
• Come and say, "Sir, give us this bread always."

• Come and Get a taste for home
• For it is our HOME
• And, it calls HOME to JESUS CHRIST!
• Our eternal HOME!