Greetings in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
Sunday morning, the first Sunday of the month, and for PCUSA churches across the land it is time to break some bread and dip in some wine.
(For those who are more on the order side it is the time for chicklets and dosing cups - we don't want an unfair distribution of Jesus!)
All were fed and we were collecting the chalices and the bread when two strangers walked into the sanctuary.
Matthew 15
Clean and Unclean
1Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, 2"Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don't wash their hands before they eat!"
They approached the Elders who still had the Eucharist, skipped right over the body of Christ and.....
DRANK FROM THE CHALICES!!!!!!
I put down the bread - it was a nice Challah, really good for dipping - and fell in right behind them and took communion by intinction as is the custom in this congregation.
I then returned to my spot behind the table, took the blessed elements, and offered communion to the pastor.
The liturgy continued...
After the service they stayed in the sanctuary; they stayed after everybody else had left; they stayed until they could face the world again.
Being host to angels in disguise,
"when did we see you Lord?"
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