Henri Nouwen Society - Daily Meditation
Saturday October 12, 2013 

 

Deepening the Passage of Baptism

 

In and through the celebration of the Eucharist, Jesus' death and resurrection  become a reality for us here and now.  As we eat and drink from the Body and Blood of Christ, our mortal bodies become united with the risen Christ.  Thus our deaths, like Jesus' death, means not destruction but passage to new life.

 

In this way the Eucharist deepens and strengthens in us the passage that we first made through baptism.  The Eucharist is the sacrament that allows us to appropriate fully our baptismal grace.


- Henri J. M. Nouwen  

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Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, �1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible �1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Photo by V. Dobson.