A couple weeks ago we had a conversation going here about the new Starbucks slogan, "Take Comfort in Rituals." Here's the original post.It got me thinking a lot about the Eucharist, and I was especially reminded of the convoluted but beautiful passage we hear in Eucharistic Prayer C (Book of Common Prayer, p. 372):
"Deliver us from the presumption of coming to this Table for solace only, and not for strength; for pardon only, and not for renewal. Let the grace of this Holy Communion make us one body, one spirit in Christ, that we may worthily serve the world in his name. Risen Lord, be known to us in the breaking of the Bread."
If we take comfort and stop there, we are guilty of hoarding.
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