The Eucharist the new Bread given to Elijah

	Bread given to Elijah	The Eucharist
Supernatural nourishing food for the journey	Elijah ate the bread (baked cakes) and water provided by an angel and it sustained him for 40 days whilst journeying to Mount Horeb (1 Kg 19:4-8)	bread of eternal life provided by Jesus for the Church (Jn 6:48-51) whilst sojourning on Earth waiting to enter Heaven (1 Pet 2:11)

Supernatural nourishing food for the journey: Elijah ate the bread (baked cakes) and water provided by an angel and it sustained him for 40 days whilst journeying to Mount Horeb (1 Kg 19:4-8); the Eucharist is the bread of eternal life provided by Jesus for the Church (Jn 6:48-51) whilst sojourning on Earth waiting to enter Heaven (1 Pet 2:11)