There are many views and rituals among the disparate strains of Christianity. Some believe in the physical presence of our Lord in the host and blood, and others believe that the bread and wine are merely symbols to remind us of the atoning sacrifice of Christ.

Something seems to have been lost in Protestant worship when the table lost the primary position in our order of worship, and the sermon took its place as the culmination of a worship service. The message we receive from our pastors should come as an outflow of our gathering around the table. Some modes of modernism have seeped into our Protestant worldview, which has led to the dismissal of more mystical and mysterious elements of communion.

The Catholic view of transubstantiation, then, fails to take into account Christ is in us and with us at all times. There must be a middle ground between the Catholic and Protestant views of Communion as it stands as the central ritual of our faith and should receive due consideration and contemplation by the faithful.

As we look upward, we ask how should Christians view and think about communion?

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