The Living Bread

From the renowned twentieth-century Catholic theologian, a reflection on the Catholic doctrine of the Eucharist.

I am the living bread that has come down from heaven. If anyone eat of this bread, he shall live forever. - John 6:51-52.

From Thomas Merton, American Trappist Monk, mystic and theologian, meditations on Christianity and Christ's life with regard to the Christian sacrament of the Eucharist.