We dove into our reading, chapter 5, "Afterward" (pp. 51+).
Author Ann Lamott writes in Traveling Mercies, "I do not at all understand the mystery of grace--only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us." We could translate our subtle expansive feelings of Grace after Communion to the subtle light prisms from dew drops in forests as well as to the expansive horizons on immersive multi-sensory wilderness treks. Our hearts are alight at center!
In this mystical moment, the congregation's full silent hearts are like being in tune with all the community of hearts in nature. Rose & Pete narrated their subtle expansive feelings atop a 9,000 ft. mountain. "We took photos, ate dinner, and watched the sky changing. There was snow on the ground. We drove down a road late at night and watched hundreds of sheep crossing the road, with owls and hawks flying."
This is just how Communion can light our hearts. "The difference between Jesus and us may not merely be one of degrees of divinity, but also his openness to others and their capacity to bend and awaken his heart." (p. 62)
Next Sunday, 6/1, we'll discuss the following questions relating to Chapter 6, "Eating the Body and Blood" (pp. 63+).
Do you have childhood memories of taking communion? How do these memories differ from your experiences with communion today?
Nora Gallagher describes the consecration of the elements as "calling out of these ordinary elements their essential beauty and their life-giving core." How is your spirit "nourished" by partaking in the sacred meal?
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