Breaking bread

In Hindeloopen en Stavoren vieren we vijfmaal per jaar avondmaal. De laatste keer hebben geluisterd naar een lied gezongen door Johnny Cash. Dat lied geeft naar mijn beleving precies weer waar het in de viering van het avondmaal over gaat.

Breaking bread, breaking bread
We are gathered here together to break bread
Breaking bread, breaking bread
We are gathered here together to break bread

It’s not the barley(gerst) or the wheat(tarwe)
It’s not the oven or the heat
That makes this bread so good to eat
It’s the needing(nodig hebben) and the sharing that makes the meal complete

Breaking bread, breaking bread
We are gathered here together to break bread
Breaking bread, breaking bread
We are gathered here together to break bread

Upon the water prayed his cast
The last is first, the first is last
For everyone who eats this bread
There are thousands maybe more that will be fed

Breaking bread, breaking bread
We are gathered here together to break bread
Breaking bread, breaking bread
We are gathered here together to break bread

Breaking bread, breaking bread
We are gathered here together to break bread

Brood en wijn staan klaar in de abdij van Iona (Schotland)

Ds. Aafke Nicolai (Stavoren en Hindeloopen)