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Article: Community of the real presence: a body torn and blood spilled isn't a nice story.
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- Presbyterian Record
- Article date:
- October 1, 1999
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John 6:41-65
On the first Sunday of October, Worldwide Communion Sunday, Christians of every size, shape, colour and language gather to eat something like a chunk of bread and drink something like a glass of wine. As "the communion of saints," we gather with fanfare or in silence at a table that stretches beyond our expectation and imagination. Gathered together, we remember we are part of a diverse fellowship that exists across time and space.
The celebration remembers the story of Jesus and recalls that God gathered up the deep yearnings of our humanity and molded them into human form. This gathering gives thanks (Eucharist) to God for the one whose ...