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1 Corinthians 10:16-17: Is not the cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? <\/span> Is not the loaf which we break a sharing in the body of Christ? <\/span> Since there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf. <\/span> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n What is the church? <\/span> The church is a body, and like a body it has many different parts and organs and limbs but is yet one. <\/span> The church is a loaf; as the Didache says, we are like grains gathered from many distant hills to be ground, sifted, baked into a single loaf of bread. <\/span> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Equally, the church is a song. <\/span> <\/span> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Not only, the church sings, but the church is a song. <\/span> Jonathan Edwards said that when he thought of a perfect society, he always thought of people sweetly singing together. <\/span> In song, our voices are distinct yet not distinct. <\/span> We make each other vibrate. <\/span> Our breaths mingle together. <\/span> In worship, we speak and sing \u201cas one man.\u201d <\/span> We make one song; we are one song. <\/span> <\/span> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And in our life together, outside of worship, our different voices and gifts are to be harmonized and orchestrated into a great symphony. <\/span> Our life together is a creative improvisation of the fugue of Triune life. <\/span> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n That song that is the church is a song of thanks and praise. <\/span> Under the direction of the Son, and breathed through by the Spirit, our voices unite in a single great noise, a song of praise and thanksgiving to God. <\/span> <\/span> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here, at this table, we are invited to become what we are. <\/span> For the church is a song of thanks, a Eucharistic hymn. <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 1 Corinthians 10:16-17: Is not the cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the loaf which we break a sharing in the body of Christ? Since there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf. What is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3021,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-theology-liturgical"],"yoast_head":"\n