Whiny children with grubby hands<\/p>\n
lining up to grab at the hem of Your clothes<\/p>\n
in the bread and the wine.<\/p>\n
Pretty please.<\/em><\/p>\n Only an indulgent parent would begrudge the presumption<\/p>\n with which we take the bite-size pieces<\/p>\n or the desultory thank yous<\/em><\/p>\n to Christ’s body and blood shed for you\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n maybe because You know it’s good for us<\/p>\n or because we’re doing what we were told.<\/p>\n Dabbing politely at the corners of the mouth,<\/p>\n shuffling, hobbling, striding back to their seats<\/p>\n the beautiful and homely<\/p>\n strong and weak<\/p>\n old and young<\/p>\n rich and poor\u2014<\/p>\n for one moment washed-up souls<\/p>\n huddled upon the same shoreline<\/p>\n hoping for some distant homecoming.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Whiny children with grubby hands lining up to grab at the hem of Your clothes in the bread and the wine. Pretty please. Only an indulgent parent would begrudge the presumption with which we take the bite-size pieces or the desultory thank yous to Christ’s body and blood shed for you\u2014 maybe because You know…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":461,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119,1436,962],"tags":[1626,901,1997,1996],"class_list":["post-4701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church","category-poetry","category-writing","tag-communion","tag-sacramental-theology","tag-the-eucharist","tag-the-lords-supper"],"yoast_head":"\n