‘We need to hear again the words of Saint Augustine to his people at Hippo: “You are the bread on the altar; behold your mystery.” The consecrated gifts,’ Louis Weil says, ‘are to us as a mirror, the Body of Christ in our hands a mirror to the Body of Christ within us.’
Eucharist
Sermon for Pentecost 10
We gather together, and I, with a great sense of gratitude, have been given the specific task of presiding at our gathering. But – and this is really important – we all celebrate the Eucharist together.