The celebration of the feast of Corpus Christi, the Body and Blood of Christ, is a good occasion to remind ourselves of our wholeness with God. The Christian idea of faith and fellowship is never solitary. It seeks and IS communion.
The description of St Paul of the Eucharist more as a loaf than a single piece of bread is a beautiful analogy. However, very much forgotten or left out in our exposition of the Eucharist. The body of Christ is one loaf, one bread. We are part of that body in as much as each slice of that loaf is still the bread. But an individual slice is not considered the 'whole' bread. Neither can we consume the whole loaf all at once. So even though the bread is consumed or used one slice at a time, it has its relevance and place in the whole loaf. Apart from the slices, there is no bread.
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