Communion: Do Only Fools Eat Their Lunch Alone?
Sometimes we can be forgiven for thinking of the Bible as an ethereal, otherworldly book. Then readings like our second one today makes us realise that there is a lot of earthly language in it too. Mentions of “eating flesh” and “drinking blood” seem more vaporific than angelic! That was certainly my reaction, and if it was yours too, then we are in good company.