From Cana to Emmaus — Known in the Bread

 

The Supper at Emmaus by Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez. Original painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 14.40.631. https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/14.40.631

At the wedding in Cana you met those who’d seek you,
Three days since the dove from the sky.
Wine for the feast from the water they brought you:
Your very first miracle was to provide.

In the cup of rejoicing you made yourself known,
Unexpected, bewildering, kind.
In remembrance we do this, whom you’ve called your own,
So make yourself known in the bread and the wine.

To a borrowed room upstairs you brought those who loved you
The night before you went to die.
You offered a promise, you warned and astonished,
You broke bread for those who’d betray, flee, deny.

In the cup and bread broken you made yourself known,
As the savior your Father designed;
In remembrance we do this, whom you’ve called your own,
So make yourself known in the bread and the wine.

On the road to Emmaus you met those who mourned you,
Three days since you’d poured out your life.
You walked with them, talked with them, listened and taught them;
They asked you to stay as the day fell to night.

In the breaking of bread did you make yourself known,
Made them witnesses who had been blind;
In remembrance we do this whom you’ve called your own,
So make yourself known in the bread and the wine,
Lord, make yourself known in the bread and the wine.

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This is a guest post by my daughter, Jaclyn Martin.  Several years ago, I wrote a meditation on the Lord’s Supper, but in our discussions we went much further (I’ve got to write more on this … thought I had) and we tied together Cana, the Upper Room, and Emmaus.  I love the result.

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