What the sacrament of Communion does that the sermon cannot do is offer the worshiper a direct encounter with the life of Christ. Jesus is still saying, “Take, eat; this is my body” (Matthew 26:26). Grain and grape. Wheat and vine. Bread and wine. Flesh and blood. It’s the Eucharist that teaches us how to belong to God’s good world—a world that is more sacred than we ever dreamed.
