Christ's Body, Our Body

This Sunday, we will be celebrating the Lord’s Supper. As we gather for this wonderful time, here is a great reflection from Henri Nouwen, and I hope you reflect on this thought this week before we gather. It is also my desire that we prepare in advance for the gathering of God’s family. When we do that, times like this past Sunday easy take place in the environment of the Holy Spirit.

Christ's Body, Our BodyWhen we gather for the Eucharist we gather in the Name of Jesus, who is calling us together to remember his death and resurrection in the breaking of the bread. There he is truly among us. "Where two or three meet in my name," he says, "I am there among them" (Matthew 18:20).The presence of Jesus among us and in the gifts of bread and wine are the same presence. As we recognise Jesus in the breaking of the bread, we recognise him also in our brothers and sisters. As we give one another the bread, saying: "This is the Body of Christ," we give ourselves to each other saying: "We are the Body of Christ." It is one and the same giving, it is one and the same body, it is one and the same Christ.

Trev Carpenter
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