Courtesy.
Equality.
Manners.
Call it whatever you want.
The communion meal is supposed to be
a place for all to come and share my meal.
During the time of the Last Supper,
some would come and eat in gluttony,
while others had little to eat.
Examine yourselves.
" ...Test your heart, come to this meal
in holy awe."
(1 Corinthians 11:27-28 The Message )
What are your motives?
Examine yourself before you eat
the bread and drink the cup.
Ask for forgiveness for wrongs committed.
Then take part in the meal.
"This is my body, broken for you."
Represented by the bread.
(1 Corinthians 11:23-26)
Each time you eat the bread
and drink the cup,
that represents my blood,
"remember me."
" Do this to remember me. "
(1 Corinthians 11:23-26
paraphrased)
God Almighty
