Communion

M. M. NINAN
have entertained angels." At a time when travel was tedious and
long on foot or on mules or camels, the travellers needed food
and rest on the way. The normal universal custom of the period
was therefore the open house where strangers may join in food
and shelter for the night. It indicated a wider sense of human
understanding and fellowship with all mankind. It indicated an
empathy with fellow beings and into their problems. This aspect
was always in the supper tables of the Israelites. Meals were
binding experiences; they were a common partaking of the
elements of life where barriers were broken, stories were told
and agreements were made on a friendly basis.
"Eating together is one of the simplest and the oldest acts of
fellowship in the world."
William Barclay.
"The Lord's supper speaks the universal language of table
fellowship. When you invite someone over for supper, you are
telling them...that you are friends. and in the act of eating
together you are reinforcing , strengthening and extending that
fellowship."
so it is with Lord's Supper. To sit down to the Lord's table is to
confess or witness to each other that we are brothers and sisters
in Christ. And the act of eating together deepens the
relationship."
Marlin Jeschke, Gospel Herald.
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