Posts Tagged ‘eucharist’
Feeding
The sun sets over still waters, all the people reclining on the grass. Jesus takes the loaves in his hands, breaking and blessing them. According to Matthew’s account, 5000 men, apart from women and children, were fed that day. It was, it seems, a prefiguring of the Eucharist: and indeed at every celebration of the…
Read MoreRowan Williams: Sacraments of the New Society
We cannot choose our families; nor can we choose the members of the Body of Christ. Like any family, frayed tempers and arguments should not be cause for walking or splitting apart. The Church is, or should be, a sign of humanity’s reconciliation. That is Williams’ foundational commitment in On Christian Theology. Is this a…
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