Holy Communion in Poem

Here is a poem about Holy Communion, woven with the Scripture that gives it meaning.

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The Invitation

The room was hushed, the lamplight low,

On that night so long ago.

The bread was taken,thanks were said,

“This is my body, broken for you,”He said.

(From Luke 22:19)

The cup was raised, the wine poured red,

“This cup is the new covenant in my blood,”He said.

“Shed for the forgiveness of sin’s great cost,”

A promise for the hopeless and the lost.

(From Matthew 26:28)

“Do this,” He said, with love profound,

“Whenever you eat this bread,”and gather round,

“In remembrance of Me.”A sacred plea,

To recall His love on a cruel tree.

(From 1 Corinthians 11:24-25)

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The Table Now

So now we come, a faithful band,

To obey His last,most dear command.

We take the bread,so plain and real,

And by our faith,His presence feel.

“For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup,”

“You proclaim the Lord’s death,”as we look up,

In hopeful trust,“until He comes” again,

To wipe away all sorrow,pain.

(From 1 Corinthians 11:26)

We are not worthy, this is true,

But He makes all things clean and new.

We“examine ourselves,” confess, and pray,

Before we come to taste this grace today.

(From 1 Corinthians 11:28)

Though we are many, scattered, diverse,

This single act reverses the curse.

“For we who are many are one body,”we see,

“For we all partake of the one loaf,”we are free.

Free to be one in the great I AM.

(From 1 Corinthians 10:17)

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The Taste of Heaven

This is no empty symbol, cold,

But a mystery centuries old.

A taste of the feast that is yet to be,

When every sad and weary eye will see,

The Lamb of God,upon the throne,

And we will be forever His own.

(From Revelation 19:9)

So let us eat, and let us drink,

To the edge of eternity’s brink.

This holy communion,a foretaste divine,

Of a love that is eternally,perfectly thine.