My breath is still taken away into the Divine after watching communion tonight. It was beautiful. We usually leave the bread and juice on a table in the middle of our circle and we go and partake during a song or two. But tonight was a little different. Turner handed the elements to two people in the circle sitting next to each other. One person held the juice while the other tore a piece of bread from the loaf and dipped it in the juice. Then the plate and cup were each passed on to the next individuals so the person who was holding the juice then takes a piece of bread as the person next in the circle holds the cup. Watching them passed along, people helping each other take communion, a community joining together in God hand in hand, was an extraordinarily holy moment to witness and of which to be a part. Communion and community are so closely related, they can even be one in the same. One loaf, one cup, one people, one family.
Kevin, I am naming you here by name. You are so cool!
Labels: Community, Ecclesia