In John’s gospel in Sunday’s Lectionary, Jesus tells people he is the bread of life. He tells them they have only come because they want literal bread. But he offers them ‘bread from heaven’, a metaphor for himself and his way that comes from God, which sustains people.
However…
All bread comes from God – earth, sunshine, rain, energy, human labour and skill all come ultimately from God.
The Kingdom of God which Jesus proclaimed is a state of human being in which all people have literal bread too, because they care about one another, from the greatest to the least.
Anyway, on top of all the other lovely things about H&T’s wedding last weekend, it was great to sing a well-known Welsh hymn on that theme, the first real singing for a year and a half (though behind cloth).