Luke 22:19 · World English Bible
Luke 22:19 Meaning He Took Bread
He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body which is given for you. Do this in memory of me.”
What does Luke 22:19 mean?
The body given is the sign of a mind that holds nothing back, offering itself entirely so that others may remember what they are. To break the bread and share it is to show that love increases as it is given away, losing nothing in the giving because it was never a limited thing to begin with.
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The body given is the sign of a mind that holds nothing back, offering itself entirely so that others may remember what they are. To break the bread and share it is to show that love increases as it is given away, losing nothing in the giving because it was never a limited thing to begin with. The gift is not the flesh but the meaning, the whole self held out to be joined.
Remembrance is the point, for the mind forgets its innocence and must be shown it again and again. What is asked is that the giving continue, so that each who receives it recalls the love that has no end.
Bread: the self offered without reservation, the mind's whole gift held out to be shared and multiplied in the sharing. Body: the outward form love takes when it gives itself completely, the sign that nothing is withheld from those it would join.
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The bread taken and broken is truth itself, the inner understanding that feeds the mind rather than any loaf that feeds the stomach. To break it and hand it out is to divide that wisdom into pieces a person can take in and make part of the body that is the temple of the holy spirit. The living substance of that truth enters the vessel meant to house the divine. And to do this in remembrance is to re-member, to gather the scattered members of the self back into one, so that what is taken in produces a lasting change in the inner life rather than a passing thought.
Bread: truth and inner understanding, the wisdom that nourishes the mind as food nourishes the body Body: the temple of the holy spirit, the vessel meant to house the divine
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Live Luke 22:19 today
- Give something today that you would rather keep, your time, your good idea with someone else's name on it, the credit. See how little you actually lose.
- Tell one person exactly what you value in them, specifically, not vaguely. People forget who they are, and hearing it is how they remember.
- In a meeting where everyone is protecting their patch, share the thing you were holding back. The room changes, and so do you.
What am I holding onto that would grow if I handed it over?
The same truth in other traditions
Tao Te Ching 81
The sage gives and is not emptied. What is poured out comes back as fullness.
Buddhism · dana
Generosity is the first practice, because giving is what loosens the grip of the self that thinks it must hold on.
Judaism · the sages
Save one person and you have saved a world. Nothing of what you give is divided, it is multiplied.
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