Friendship and Communion

Everyone learns about friendship here at the Table of Our Lord.  What does it mean that Jesus is our Friend?  What does it mean to be a friend?  Here is friendship – a body broken, blood spilled – for the sake of the other.  In the midst of Perfect Sacrifice, showing forth true love and friendship, Jesus also gives strong words which build up our countenance and turn us to His Father.

He exhorts, He encourages, He prays for, He walks with, He gives – and He receives.  We are invited to this Table to partake of Him, but we find that we are being partaken of as well – there is mutual indwelling – union and communion – and the fruit of our individual connections to God through Jesus is the deeper connections – communion – we have with one another as we discern that our friendship with Jesus means our friendship with His body, His people, our brothers and sisters.

Not only is this proclaimed at this Table – this is experienced, blessed, re-ordered, restructured, refreshed and renewed – and then celebrated – here – by means of partaking with faith – and so all who have been baptized in Jesus are invited to come and partake to the glory of this relationship we enjoy.