Can we celebrate communion outside?

Communion

What words do we use when we share this special meal together? What metaphors bring meaning?  Which bring confusion? Which traditional words draw us closer to one another and to the source of our faith? Which create chasms or hurdles? What words express the mystery and wonder of this event central to Christian life? Newest […]

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Communion beyond the table — Anna Blaedel, USA

Bread & Blessing Still Thoughts on communion… These days, I mostly celebrate communion outside of sanctuaries, no words of institution, no formal liturgy. Consecrated by the intention of savouring and sharing. The sacred practice of paying attention to bodies and bellies, to beauty, and longing, and hunger, and delight, and enoughness, and need. The sacrament […]

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