Bread of the Covenant

Homily for Corpus Christi, Sunday 7 June 2026: Dt 8:2-3,14-16; 1 Cor 10:16-17; John 6:51-58

I’ve recently read a book called “Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist”. The author is an American scholar called Brant Petre: you’ve maybe heard of him? This book stands on Petre’s study not only of our Scriptures, but also of the tradition of Jewish Rabbinical exegesis and commentary.