LS-00.2-Introduction

Introduction

Only the Risen Christ can explain the joy of the Lord’s Supper. Without Him it would have been a funeral meal, kept for a while by love in its despair, and then dropped for ever. From the very first till now it has been a feast of life and thanksgiving. It is a contemporary and immortal witness to the risen One. And the risen One is alive for evermore. And in His eternal life He is our here and now. ... Eat Him and drink Him, that you may live because of Him. Such is the festal meal of the Church, spoken straight from her Lord to the heart of every member of His body.

--Dr. H. C. G. Moule.