Indeed, what is church without the Eucharist? It’s an insightful and important question. In a very real sense the church is the ecclesial body of Christ sustained by the sacramental body of Christ. Week by week we feed upon the flesh and blood of Christ that we might be an incarnation of the flesh and blood of Christ within the world. “This is a great mystery, and I am applying it to Christ and the church” (Ephesians 5:32). This is why for most of church history the sacrament, not the sermon, has been the central aspect of Christian worship. Christian faith is more about connecting our lives
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