Re-membering

Luke 22:19-20
Then he took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” And he did the same with the cup after supper, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.

Kneeling at the altar

with the bells and smells of liturgy

wafting all around

sidling up close

reaching up to be served

Or standing in a line

that snakes around the sanctuary

like the morning queue at Greggs or Starbucks

Or sitting in rows in pews

designed to induce passivity in their occupants 

with even the subversive elements of communion

diced and spliced and portioned

However we receive

Whatever our preference

Accepting a wafer

and sipping from the proffered cup

Or tearing huge chunks of bread

and glugging deep draughts of wine

Or taking the cube of bread
and thimbleful of grape juice

Nothing can tame

the rush of radical passion

and humility of the feast

that calls our name

and drags us into relationship

with one who

kicks pretence into touch

dispels niceties

and gets down to business

the business of love
and transformation.

Pouring love into every crack and crevice in us

holding and loving our woundedness 
and empowering us

to love and hold others.

That bread, that wafer 

That wine, that grape juice

were given
out of brokenness

ARE GIVEN

for the transforming of the world in love

We hold it in our hands

Taste it on our lips

and are fuelled by its power

in all our living and being.

And still - we are offered more

And still -there is more to give

We have what it takes

Christ gives what we need.

We do this

to remember him

Re-member him