Bread is more than bread: it points to the One who broke bread with his friends. Water is more than water: it points to our spiritual birth. Wine is more than the fruit of the vine, made by human hands. It becomes for us the blood of Christ, the cup of salvation. Most profoundly, all the elements remembered in the Great Thanksgiving point beyond themselves to the great story of our re-creation. Food and drink, clothes and homes, mountains and rivers, oceans and skies – all become transparent when nature discloses itself to those with eyes to see the loving face of God.