This is my body
Day 356, Saturday, Aug. 2
Luke 21:5 – 23:25
As the crucifixion approaches, Jesus and his disciples have one last opportunity to gather together in relative peace at the meal we remember as the Last Supper.
“And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.’
“In the same way, after the supper, he took the cup, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.’”
Nearly 2,000 years later we still re-enact that Last Supper, remembering both the words and the actions.
More than just a memory, though, the Last Supper is a call to action—a call to join in the sacrifice that Jesus made to bring his kingdom to the earth.

-Rev. Mark Fleming

Saturday meditation

Job 14:13-22
“If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you would set me a time and then remember me! If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come. You will call and I will answer you; you will long for the creature your hands have made. Surely then you will count my steps but not keep track of my sin. My offenses will be sealed up in a bag; you will cover over my sin.
“But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and as a rock is moved from its place, as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy a person’s hope. You overpower them once for all, and they are gone; you change their countenance and send them away. If their children are honored, they do not know it; if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it. They feel but the pain of their own bodies and mourn only for themselves.”

Prayer focus
Lord, as we prepare to receive Holy Communion in remembrance of the Last Supper, make it a true commitment of all we have and all we are to take part in living your kingdom on earth.