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The role of holy communion.
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... The Holy Communion is also another name for 'Eucharist', the Liturgy, and Lord's Supper. The Holy Communion represents the idea of Christians being joined together by sharing the 'body' and 'blood' of Christ. Christ reminds us that we cannot build a solid Christian faith if we do not indulge in the Holy Communion. "I am the bread of life. My flesh is real..." (John 6: 48-58) Christ chose to use food because of its nutritional quality, to represent the spiritual nutrition he intended to give us. Christ also makes symbolical use of bread. Bread is a common food available to all people. It is also a staple food for the poor. This shows that Jesus is readily available to those who want him regardless of wealth or social status. Perhaps one of the most important links to this is that Christ compares us to the Israelites who were feed with 'manna'














