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Lectio: Eucharist with Dr. Brant Pitre

Lectio: Eucharist: Episode 4: Miracles of the Exodus

Episode 4 • 42m
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Jesus spoke of Himself as "the bread which comes down from heaven." What did that mean to the Jews who first heard him? And what meaning do those words have for us today in our understanding of the Eucharist?

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