November 28, 2009

  • Family Lord's Supper

    We have a family tradition of concluding our Thanksgiving meal with the Lord's Supper.  Some of you may know the LS as Communion, or Eucharist, or something like that.  This year, Sonnetjoy and Pendragon are thousands of miles away.  Through the miracle of the internet and with thanks to Skype, however, we were able to observe the Lord's Supper as a family on Friday.

    Yes, Friday. Sonnetjoy had to work on Thanksgiving, so we did it all on Friday.

    I still had my usual problem with the Lord's Supper: I read the passages from the Bible and I begin to choke up and cry.  This began about 15 years ago while we were in Misawa JA.  For the church Christmas play, they had me play the grandfather.  They made my hair white with baby powder, and had me sit on the step to the podium platform while the children came around me, and one sat on each knee.  One of them brought a Bible to me and said, "Read it to us again, Grandpa, read it to us again."  Unexpectedly I choked up and tears came unbidden.

    When I talked to my bride about this, I asked why does this take me by surprise?  She said "It never takes us by surprise."  So I must be a real softie, if my bride and children know that I am going to cry when I read the Christmas story or the Lord's Supper passages.

    What can I say?

Comments (3)

  • What can you say?

    You can say you're a good man who loves and feels his faith deeply.

    I know SonnetJoy was so sad that she was going to miss the annual Lord's Supper wih you guys, and it is great you found a way to all be together.....if not in fact, at least in spirit.

  • Given that the Greek word for "thanksgiving," εὐχαριστία, is the root of the English word Eucharist, it makes a great deal of sense to commemmorate Thanksgiving Day with the Eucharistic sacrament of Thanksgiving.

    I've tagged you in a meme: Summarize the Bible in five statements and would be very interested by your response.

  • @buddha_gazelle - Thank you.

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