Bread and More Bread

--Maria d.c. Zamora, Claretian Resources, Philippines

John 6: 33 - 35 -- "For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

They said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.”

Jesus said to them,
“I am the bread of life.
Whoever comes to me will never be hungry,
and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

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Up and down the line
From heaven to earth and back
From birth to death and life infinite
Comes bread.

Yet we do not live by bread alone,
So said the Rabbi at the Bar Mitzvah,
But by every word that proceeds from
The Mouth of God.

How unknowingly wise and even prophetic
That such words themselves were a source
Of Bread that came down
And became a starting point for a different
Life in the Spirit.

Up and down the line of life
When you least expect it
And perhaps when you need it most
From heaven to earth and back
From birth to death and life infinite
Comes Bread.