We gather today at the table of the Lord, invited to shred in this sacred meal in which Christ himself provides the food and drink for us to consume, the bread of live and the cup of eternal salvation. Saint Paul tells us that Jesus told his disciples to remember him each time they celebrated the Eucharist. So today nearly two thousand years after the first time his followers did, we celebrate the Eucharist, remembering that Jesus Christ offered his body and blood to redeem is from sin, giving his earthly life to give us heavenly life. From ancient times, wheat was ground into flour and baked into bread and grapes were crushed into juice and allowed to ferment into wine. Bread and wine became staples of the human diet, creating a simple meal that could be shared with others. Salem's king served them to victorious Abram, pairing the bread and wine with a call for God's blessing. At the Last Supper, Jesus blessed the bread and wine and shared them with his disciples as his body and blood. Let us thanks to God for the simple gifts of wheat and grapes, which are transformed to satisfy our every hunger, our every thirst. "Do this in remembrance of me," Jesus says twice at the Last Supper (1 Corinthians 11:24-25). He offers his precious Body and Blood for us all and asks that we do the same in his memory. We, the Church, are the body of Christ. Therefore, we are called to offer ourselves to others in his name. When we do so, we can feed thousands. What may seem impossible to provide on a huge scale - food for the hungry, shelter for the homeless, welcome for the stranger, comfort for the sorrowing, justice for the oppressed, mercy for the sinful - can become a reality through the body of Christ. It is up to us, having received Christ's body in this holy sacrament, to share this gift in abundance to those in need.