In the Breaking of the Bread - by Michael Ward

1. In the walking on the road, we saw him.
In the telling of our hopes, we saw him.
In the burning of our hearts, we saw the Lord.
At the meal he took the bread and then he blessed it, broke it, offered it.
In the breaking of the bread, we saw him!
Suddenly our eyes were opened, and we knew he was alive!

2. We set out to find his friends to tell them.
We went to Jerusalem to tell them;
and with joy we told them, "We have seen the Lord!"
And as we were speaking there, he stood among us, blessed us, said to us,
"Now my peace I leave with you." We saw him!
Suddenly our eyes were opened, and we knew he was alive!

3. But then we became afraid without him.
In the darkened room we stayed without him,
waiting for the One he said that he would send.
Then the Spirit of the Lord came down upon us,
filling us, changing us, giving us the strength to say:
We saw him! Suddenly our eyes were opened, and we knew he was alive!

4. We ran out into the street to tell them,
everyone that we could meet, to tell them,
"God has raised him up and we have seen the Lord!"
We took bread as he had done and then we blessed it, broke it, offered it.
In the breaking of the bread, we saw him!
Suddenly our eyes were opened.

There within our midst was Jesus, and we knew he was alive.
In the breaking of the bread, he is here with us again,
and we know he is alive. Alleluia!