You are nourished in the body of Christ, united by the Bread of Life.
“For we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread.” (1Cor 10:17)
“I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.” (Jn 6:35)
“For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.” (Eph 5:29)
“For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function” (Rom 12:4)
“There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism” (Eph 4:4-5)
“so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.” (Rom 12:5)
“I am the bread of life…This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.” (Jn 6:48,50)
“I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.” (Jn 6:51)
“Then Jesus said to them, Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you.” (Jn 6:53)
“Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.” (Jn 6:54)
“For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.” (Jn 6:55-56)
“As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me.” (Jn 6:57)
“This is the bread which came down from heaven—not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.” (Jn 6:58)
“For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.” (1Cor 12:12)
“For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.” (1Cor 12:13)
“But now indeed there are many members, yet one body.” (1Cor 12:20)
“and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity.” (Eph 2:16)
“And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.” (Col 3:15)
Reading: 1Cor 10-12; Mk 16