Experience Life in Remembrance of the I Am

The story of the first communion with Jesus and his disciples celebrating their Jewish Passover is essentially the story of the Lord telling us to remember him when we eat. Eating is something we do daily, but we can also define communion more narrowly, saying that communion only happens in community or at a church, with only bread and wine, etc., but I think broadening our idea of communion can be worthwhile in our exploration of what it means to commune in remembrance of God and our loved ones. You see, Christ’s message wasn’t one of exclusion but of inclusion, and although I believe he was establishing a lovely ritual for his followers to enter into together, at the same time I believe he was doing what he always did: pointing all of us back to a mode of living that no longer forgets its roots and its inherent Divine life. Indeed, to remember Christ is to remember what he was all about, otherwise the ritual of communion may easily become exclusionary and hollow.