Voluptuous and Delicious

The Queendom of God is among you. ~ Historical Jesus
God is voluptuous and delicious. ~ Meister Eckhart

"Took, blessed, broke, and gave have profound symbolic connotations. …

They indicate, first of all, a process of equal sharing, whereby whatever food is there is distributed alike to all. But they also indicate something even more important. The first two verbs took and blessed, and especially the second, are the actions of the master; the last two, broke and gave, and especially the second, are the actions of the servant.

Jesus, as master and host, performs the role of servant, and all share the same food as equals. There is, however, one further step to be taken. Most of Jesus’ first followers would have known about but seldom experienced being served at table by slaves. The male followers would think more experientially of females as preparers and servers of the family food.

Jesus took on himself the role not only of servant but of female. Not only servile but female hosting is symbolized by the juxtaposition of those four verbs. Far from reclining and being served, Jesus himself serves, like any housewife, the same meal to all, including himself."

~ John Dominic Crossan