The breaking of the bread

"But they urged him strongly, saying, 'Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the day is now nearly over.' So he went in to stay with them. When he was at table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him..." Luke 24:13-35 (NRSV)

In the darkness of evening

we sat down to eat with the stranger.

As he broke the bread

our hearts saw the sun

rise between his fingers.

The Rev. Ann Fontaine

Ave Maria!  The Rev. Ann Fontaine is Interim Vicar, St. Catherine's Episcopal Church, Manzanita, OR.  Some of her poems are posted this week on the blog Speaking to the Soul.  This one took my breath away...