“This is my body.”
—Luke 19.19
The ancients fought over how literally
the Communion bread becomes Jesus’ body.
But Paul says when we eat we should
“discern the body.” So look around
and perceive: we are the body of Christ.
The bread becomes Jesus’ flesh
not when some priest says some magic words,
but when we share. When we love each other
we take Jesus’ flesh into ourselves.
Christ is raised not as an individual
but as a community.
The story of Jesus’ passion, then,
is our story: to embody courageous love,
to stand against Empire for mercy and justice,
to be willing to be broken, to be scorned,
and to fail…
and to be raised again in a new form.
Feast on this mystery, take courage,
and go in love.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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