Hymn Meditation for The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (August 8, 2021)

Organist Jason Klein-Mendoza offers a weekly hymn reflection on last Sunday’s sermon.
Hymn: O Living Bread from Heaven | AURELIA
We continued this week in the lectionary hearing Jesus speak more in metaphor about being the bread of life. As is often in his parables, these stories have multiple meanings beyond just what they appear. As Rev. Anne said in her sermon on Sunday, this week was about “provision for the future with grace upon grace upon grace.” It is this kind of grace that this hymn text is directly about.
The tune we sing here, Aurelia, is familiar to us. It is that tune that we most often sing to the hymn “The Church’s One Foundation.” As is so often the case with these different text and tune pairings, familiar music allows us to sing new text with clarity and vision to the message of the text. Hopefully this week’s pairing allows you to pray deeper about Jesus as the bread of life.
As always, we invite you to either sing along at home or just follow along with the text and music as you continue your week in prayer.