Pray with this reflection on the Last Supper on Holy Thursday from Jesus’ point of view. This intimate painting is painted by the late German artist Fr Sieger Koder
Scripture texts to accompany the painting
- I have longed to share this meal with you .
Luke 22: 15
- I am the living bread which has come from heaven; whoever eats of this bread will live forever. The bread I shall give is my flesh and I will give it for the life of the world .
John 6 51
- Truly, I say to you, if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
- The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood live with eternal life and I will raise him up on the last day. My flesh is really food and my blood is truly drink.
- Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood, live in me and I in them.
- Just as the Father, who is life, sent me and I have life from the Father, so whoever eats me will have life from me.
- This is the bread which came from heaven; unlike that of your ancestors, who ate and later died. Those who eat this bread will live forever.
John 6 53-58
Download meditation PowerPoints and handout
- Last Supper 1 (PDF)
- Last Supper 2 (PDF)
Ask yourself:
- What strikes me?
- What words or image sin the picture stand out?
- What is this about in my life?
- What is God saying to me?
Talks on the Eucharist
- The Body and Blood of Christ: The Mass Readings explained
- Jewish Roots of the Eucharist Dr Brant Pitre
- Dr Scott Hahn on the Holy Eucharist (protestant convert and biblical theologian)
- “Pray The Mass Like Never Before” Fr. Mike Schmitz
Eucharistic Miracles
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The Eucharistic Miracle Overseen by Archbishop Bergoglio
(Now Pope Francis) - Eucharistic Miracles discussion
- Contemporary-Miracles (PDF) Contemporary Scientifically Validated Miracles Associated with Blessed Mary, Saints and the Holy Eucharist