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Prraying through Holy Week 2020 using our 5 senses

These Holy Week reflections are based on similar ones produced by The St Beuno's Retreat House in Wales. The paintings are by an artist called Arcabas and because of uncertainty over copyright you can see them by logging on to
https://www.pathwaystogod.org/resources/praying-holy-week-senses ,


MAUNDY THURSDAY  - TASTE

Now as  they  were  eating,  Jesus  took  some  bread,  and  when  he had  said  the  blessing he  broke  it  and  gave  it  to?  the  disciples. ‘Take  it  and  eat’;  he  said,  ‘this  is  my  body.’  Then  he  took  a  cup,  and when  he  had  returned  thanks  he  gave  it  to  them.  ‘Drink  all  of  you from  this,’  he  said,  ‘for  this  is  my  blood,  the  blood  of  the  covenant, which  is  to  be  poured  out  for  many  for  the  forgiveness  of  sins.  From now  on,  I  tell  you,  I  shall  not  drink  wine  until  the  day  I  drink  the  new wine  with  you  in  the  Kingdom.

I like to make bread, and, judging by thé difficulty I have in finding bread flour, many people share in the love of breadmaking. The smell of the bread as it bakes is only surpassed by the taste of the bread when it is stĺll warm.

The principal act of worship in the Roman Catholic and Anglican Church is the mass or holy communion. It was those stark words at the last meal Jesus shared with his disciples which would have stunned those present. He used the actions of  breaking of bread and pouring of wine to communicate what he knew was to happen to him.

When we meet together to share communion we are both celebrating our Christian fellowship and recalling the sacrifice Jesus because he would not compromise.

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