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Hands on the rail (Part two)

I promised myself, see original post after hearing a priest talk about the hands that are open the communion rail, that I would reflect on this whilst distributing the sacrament. I did this a few weeks ago and was quite surprised by the results.  Not that I should have been really… It only really works if you know the people in your congregation! This is what I came up with, albeit after the event, trying to remember what I had thought at the time. The hands that come to the rail, Anoint, Bless and Baptize.  Hands that have crafted...

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Blessed Bread

Blessed Bread

I had been thinking about bread and its blessing during the Eucharist, came across a rubric from a Roman Mass which said (after the Hebrew Prayer, Blessed are you Lord God of all creation etc) “Now the Priest takes the Bread, which is now Christ’s Body”  Interesting, so the Hebrew prayer is enough words, that got me thinking…. Yesterday I came up with this, baked a roll, and shared it with our chapter. Blessed are you, Lord God of all Creation Blessed indeed is God, Lord of all that is.  We cannot add or take away from you. You...

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  • Company

    I shared a meal last night. Two in fact. Firstly the Eucharist, then something more substantial (for the stomach at least!) But it wasn’t the food, although it was good, and it wasn’t the wine, although it was also very good. Spending time in the company of broken people searching to be whole is a privilege. It is a privilege because each person must give a little of themselves and receives a little of each other person in return. To get to such a position you would think should take forever, but this group has not met often, at least not often with me in it. How then is it possible to give and receive so openly? Spending time, actually spending time as if it were money seems to be the key. Not money as if it were endless to do with as we please, but money as if we had only a little and often not enough to buy what was needed let alone what was wanted! So to spend time, to give of our existence, not as with money to necessarily get what we want, rather to enable relationships perhaps. Or more simply to help another with less [...]

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