amen

Saturday, May 10^th, Luke 24: ³⁰ When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. ³¹ Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. ³² They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” ³³ They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together ³⁴ and saying, “It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.” ³⁵ Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread.  This is my body broken for you, this is my blood, shed for you.  These are words of presence, words of love.  It is not the lamb we break, but the redefined lamb of sacrifice, the coming together as community.  It is in the eating together, drinking together, recognizing one another together as the body of Christ that we see Christ in our midst.  The next time you gather for communion, remember the words, the presence, the promise and know you are gathered together in the body as Christ with those with whom you agree and with those with whom you disagree.  But you are gathered together as part of the body of Christ in this world.  Amen.