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Don’t miss Fred Bahnson’s post<\/a> from Duke Divinity’s “Faith & Leadership. Here are a few morsels…<\/p>\n

“But as I wander the monastery gardens I find myself thinking not
\nabout the feast days but of ferial repasts. These are the everyday
\nmeals which, without a rich sacramental\u00a0 life to accompany them, become
\nbleak affairs signifying nothing more than the intake of nutrients.<\/p>\n

What was the connection between those consecrated elements and the
\npumpernickel I ate for breakfast or the oyster mushroom risotto I had
\nat lunch? Perhaps our sacramental bread is less a representation of our
\ndaily bread than something that actually gives shape and meaning and
\ncoherence to it. Eucharistia<\/em>, in Greek, means thankfulness.”<\/p>\n

Fred writes of the overflowing goodness of the sacraments that circles around in love –<\/p>\n

“During the four years I directed a church-supported community garden
\nministry we would often hold Eucharist in the garden on our Saturday
\nworkdays. I came to learn what was confirmed at Mepkin: that the
\nsacrament of Christ\u2019s body and blood doesn\u2019t end at the communion
\ntable. It spreads outward into the streets and fields, the creeks and
\nrivers, the gardens and mushroom buildings, the Thanksgiving feasts and
\nthe monks\u2019 Spartan tables and back again to the lifted elements. Had we
\nthe \u201cconviction of things not seen\u201d we would recognize this seamless
\nflow of nutrients both visible and invisible, profane and holy. And we
\nwould be changed.”<\/p>\n

Read the <\/em><\/a>post<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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