There are days when I think we take the power of Holy Communion too lightly. We key in on the "forgiveness of sins" and make it an individual happy meal, forgetting the word "union" found in communion. In the simple meal of bread and wine, we are united...to Christ...to all other Christians, past, present, and future.
It is this unity that provides comfort after the death of a loved one or friend. To know that because the circle around the altar has no beginning, or end the people we miss are there...family members yet to be born are present...Christians from around the corner and around the world are next to us. In short, we are one gathered around Christ. It is mind blowing. To borrow phrases from Science Fiction, the space-time continuim is stretched and bent so that God's kingdom is fully present in those moments.
For this I thank God.
PK
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