Second Reformed Church

of New Brunswick

Minister's Corner

A WORD ABOUT THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

Jesus spent a lot of his time at dinner tables.  Sharing a meal as for Jesus an opportunity for nourishing friendship and challenging conventional wisdom about the worthy and the unworthy.  He welcomed outcasts and challenged the wealthy and the religious insider.  On the night he was executed, the meal shared among his closest friends became the most potent symbol of his love. The bread was broken as his body would be on the cross; the wine was poured out as his blood would be.  And all this is so that we could be in a new and life-changing relationship with God, who is Love.  So come and share in the Lord’s Supper, not because you are strong but because you understand something of your weakness; come not because you are certain about your belief about this or any other mystery, but because you are open to the way God can transform your life for God’s kingdom purpose.