Sharing meals with friends is one of life's
great pleasures. In our bibles we find many stories about shared meals,
starting with Abraham's lavish hospitality offered in the heat of the day to
the three visitors under the great trees at Mamre (Genesis 18).
This passage from Paul's letter to the Corinthians recalls the meal that Jesus shared with his disciples on the night before his death. At the Last Supper Jesus tells his disciples to eat the bread and to drink the cup; Jesus' own body and blood.
And this is what Christians have done ever
since. We recall Jesus' offering of himself. We receive his broken body and his
poured-out blood, for the forgiveness of our sins. We hold out our hands and
receive what God has done for us in Jesus. And we pray that we may become what
we receive.
'Lord, unite us in this sign.'
Chris Martin
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