Bread

While we were in Sacramento, we visited the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.  It was beautiful -- very ornate. 

Can you see the crucifix in the middle of the room with the circle above it?  The circle is engraved with a scripture from 2 Corinthians. It says, "This is my body that is for you."

As we sat there, I was bothered.  It's a Catholic cathedral, and I knew that I wouldn't be welcomed there to take communion.  I was made even more grateful for the United Methodist belief in an open table --Christ's table, open for everyone.  I didn't like the idea of being excluded from it.

At one of the seminars the next day, the professor talked about the necessity of bread to have a home.  That, in my mind, seemed to be related to my feelings of the day before.

I always feel welcomed in church -- as if I am home, and I didn't like the feeling of being excluded.  How do we -- how do I -- make others feel excluded in the household of God?