While celebrating the Feast of Corpus Christi this past weekend, we sang a song by Bernadette Farrell titled “Bread for the World.” For the first time, I must have been fully awake. The words really struck a chord in my heart,
Bread for the World, a world of hunger
Wine for all peoples, people who thirst
May we who eat be bread for others
May we who drink, pour out our love.
The feast reminds us that WE, in June 2026, are now the Body and Blood of Jesus. Think about it, if we eat the bread, we need to be bread for others. How do we do that in this time and space? What are you doing to be bread for others? I am sure it means more than serving people at a soup kitchen (although that’s a good start). How are you feeding those in need? Again, I have more questions than answers. What about drinking and pouring out your love? That can be a real tough one.
Given my limitations, I need first to figure out who is hungry and thirsty and what I can do for them. Each of us must decide that for ourselves. Once we have taken inventory, so to speak, we need to move from prayer to action. What does that mean for you? I must say, pouring out love can be a real challenge. Sometimes we think that ‘some people’ don’t deserve our love. We can be judgmental at times, while there are people who are hungry and thirsty for us to be bread and wine for them.
I concluded that at this time and place in my life, I can be bread and wine by doing my best to offer retreats and listen to the stories the faithful people share. I can also encourage them along their spiritual journey. They want more, and that’s the good news. I pray that, when we are together, “I am an echo of God’s voice for them” (Bl. Mary of Jesus the Good Shepherd). I can also speak justice for those who are marginalized and not treated as valued persons.
My prayer this week is that you take an inventory and see how you are, or can be, bread and wine, love poured out for others. God bless.
Till next week,
Sister Theresita
