I will be away from a computer Saturday and Sunday, so I'd like to offer this thought as we enter the weekend and prepare for Sunday Eucharist. Receiving Communion can become routine, or we may be distracted by thoughts about various folks in line, or not in line, the communion song, how we will return to our pew, etc. If we are lucky, there is some awareness that this is a sacred moment, as we receive the Body and Blood of Jesus, not our everyday fare. But here's another perspective.
A small child needs to be lifted up by parent or grandparent to receive a kiss, for the difference in height makes it impossible for the child to reach the face of the towering adult who delights in the opportunity to express his or her love. If we can imagine the pleasure of Jesus, the Son of God, who reaches out to us, lifts us up to his level to share himself with us, it might help us to focus better on the privilege of this moment, the gift of Jesus himself to us. I've found it makes receiving Communion more of a mutual expression of love, as well as highlighting the joy it gives to Jesus as well as to us.
Bro. Rene
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