The Yuck Factor

12th Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 20), Year B
Texts: Prov 9.1-6; Eph 5.15-20; Jn 6.51-59

As we continue through the Bread of Life Sundays, reading about what happened after Jesus multiplied the loaves, we come to what I like to think of “Sandwich Sunday,” because this is where we get to the meat of the story. Literally. Suddenly Jesus switches from talking about loaves and bread to very graphically inviting people to eat his flesh and drink his blood. If you are thinking that this sounds very weird and disturbing, you’re not alone.