Breads & Rolls Contribution by the Religion Department Bread Blessed and Broken Sacraments use the “stuff” of human existence -- water, oil, bread, wine, stories -- to create what the Irish call “thin spaces” or moments and places where the sacred and the profane merge, allowing us to be momentarily and acutely aware of God’s presence in our lives. They don’t make God present, for God, the Creator, is always here with us. They simply provide an opportunity for us to stop and take stock of what is always there but often unnoticed. In the Eucharist, we gather as a community to break, bless, offer and consume the bread that is made by human hands from God’s gift of wheat. We are what we eat, and we consume the Eucharistic bread in order to become Jesus for others. It is the gift of bread that is celebrated in these recipes.
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