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“Take and eat this in remembrance of me… Take and drink this in remembrance of me”
Paul focused on theback to Ian He felt a tangible sensation in the center of his abdoer every inch Ian came closer to the altar
“Take and eat this in remembrance of me… Take and drink this in remembrance of me”
Maybe the Catholics had it right after all Paula tray with bread crumbs and cups of juice, but the objects were transforoblets of blood, but they were no longer what they had been They had ain the church, in the context of the service, that they did not have outside those walls or outside thethat could not be articulated, only experienced There was the collective , the history, the union of the cos that no one but each individual could know
“Take and eat this in remembrance of me… Take and drink this in remembrance of me”
The word “holy” goes back before Christ It is related to the word “holistic” and the word “whole” and means “that which is inviolate, intact, complete” To feel holy is to feel whole In his ministry, Paul had felt moments of awe and reverence; he had felt satisfaction and pride; he had felt stimulated intellectually and moved by the music and poetry But he could count on one hand the ies of his life aligned, his ego slipped away, and he felt the Lord working through him
Only two people now stood between the in to tremble
“Take and eat this in remembrance of me… Take and drink this in remembrance of me”
It was a coiven Sunday The ritual was perforain For a minister, communion was a repeated experience, ular, an experience fully shared by only two
Ian had lived disconnected, outside of society, out of touch with his soul He was a man eclipsed by his body How many men had tried and failed in a vain attempt to possess his physical beauty? The skin, which marks the boundary between the self and the non-self, can be touched and caressed, but physical consummation doesn’t transfer beauty from one to another It remains a property of only one Had the et what they wanted?
Soe with nothing hile inside By taking co the divine nature of his ied and became one, inviolate, complete Of course, a person’s soul can never truly be possessed either But unlike physical beauty, it can be shared: a pair of souls in holy, holy communion
Ian stood before hiht they were blue) tilted toward heaven Paul dropped his normal cadence He paused, took a deep breath, and said, more slowly than usual: “Take and eat this in remembrance of me”
Ian took a piece of the bread and put it in his mouth
“Take and drink this in remembrance of me”
Ian took a drink froht and circled back to his peith the others The entire exchange had taken only seconds, yet the , it was almost infinite Paul was humbled and small