Think of life as a continuum of adventures. That is to say, your life's experiences can be led by God, if you want Him to!
The communion service is the taking of the bread and the wine. It's a symbol that God is giving us the strength to carry on with the next sequence of adventures. It's a reminder that God is with us as we go on life's journey.
There's one feature of our life in Christ, as a member of His Kingdom, that is usually downplayed in most churches: God's physical presence in the Church. In typical cathedrals and churches in South America, the priest may symbolize the physical presence of God among their parishioners. Truly, a Priest, to my way of thinking, can display a facial glow of the eternal presence. So, You, the parishioner, may look at him, the cleric, and come upon the Spirit of God within the church!
I had forgotten this marvelous revelation I experienced while in South America--in the Catholic churches I attended some years ago. Truly, I felt that I had come upon a group of clerics who conveyed the Christian message of hope in their facial expressions! But now, I'm attending a little recognized Episcopal Church in Georgetown, where its interim Pastor, Rev. Rick, displays that religious fervor for adventure in life and the facial mien I attributed to some typical Priests I ran across in churches in South America. Such clerics seemed to know they were chosen for the part of being ministers so as to symbolize God's physical being within the church's walls! And, convey to us that we are walking throughout our life in Christ's footsteps.
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