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Communion at All Saints' Church, Walsoken. On the night before Jesus died he shared a meal with his disciples. Loaves of bread & cups of wine. Jesus took these familiar things and gave them a new meaning. Jesus broke a loaf of bread and said; "This my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me". He took a cup of wine and said; "This is my blood, poured out to forgive the sins of many". Our service of Holy Communion is a time when we come together to remember that Christ died for us. We start by remembering the summary of the ten commandments which Jesus quoted; The first commandment is this, "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is the only Lord. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength". The second is this: "Love your neighbour as yourself". There is no other commandment greater than these". We are then invited to draw near with faith to receive the body of our Lord Jesus Christ which he gave for us, and his blood which he shed for us, and feed on him in our hearts by faith with thanksgiving. |
