Closing Litany: Broken for the World
One: Jesus took bread and broke it,
gave it to his disciples and said,
‘This is my body, given for you.
All: Jesus, the bread of life,
broken for the world.One: Jesus said,
“I am the bread come down from heaven.”
All: May we who break this bread and eat it
share its life with the world.
One: Jesus said,
“I commission you to be my disciples,
to go and bear fruit,
fruit that will endure.”
All: May we be bread broken for the world,
giving our lives and sacrifices of love,
giving of ourselves so that others might live.One: And may God bless us,
All: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.One: And until we meet again,
All: may God hold us in the palm of his hand. Amen. — written by Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn Turner, in the liturgy Bread for the World. Posted on the
Wellsprings website.
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