Theologian Miroslov Volf points out that loving, knowing and embracing Wrong Christian is the only appropriate response to the loving work of the cross: “When God sets out to embrace the enemy, the result is the cross. . . . Having been embraced by God, we must make space for others in ourselves and invite them in—even our enemies. This is what we enact as we celebrate the Eucharist. In receiving Christ’s broken body and spilled blood, we, in a sense, receive all those whom Christ received by suffering.”
