Body of Christ? Not So Nice!

Body of Christ? Not So Nice!
A Sacri-licious Experiment

By themselves, communion wafers are pretty vile. That would explain why they have to "sell" them with a free sip of wine.

So the purpose of this experiment is to find out just what it takes to turn the communion experience from "ow!" to "wow!" We* went to the supermarket and we selected a range of toppings and condiments to serve eucharists with.

I can hear some of you now. "Blasphemous!" "Scandalous!" But hold on there, bucko! What if we discover some new way to serve communion wafers that brings people stampeding back to the church as if it were some chic new restaurant on the lower east side? Uh huh, you didn't think of that, did you? We thought not.

More: http://www.triggur.org/communion/

Wafers are fucking awful! I don't know why so many churches use them.

Thank God my churches have always used actual bread, just like Jesus used.

the wafers represent unleavened bread that they would have eaten. we only use real bread on easter and christmas

wafers - ugh!

I've never figured out why the C. Church has to use thise special little wafers. :shrug:

Normally, we use a multigrain loaf from one of the local bakeries. And it only serves to remind me, but God help me, communion just makes me hungry for lunch.

:)

It also doesn't snap dramatically for the delivery of the words "this is my body..."

...mandates that the bread of the Eucharist can only be made from wheat flour and water -- no other ingredients allowed.

:crazy:

...bear little resemblance to the unleavened bread used at Passover.

I doubt that the wine is much like what you would find in the middle east two thousand years ago. For one thing, their wine had a thick consistency and needed to be watered-down before serving, which is why many liturgical practices have some drops of water poured into the chalice before the consecration.

I think part of the great popularity of the communion wafer is that it is virtually indestructible and has a long shelf-life. While most people wouldn't consider this so important, churches that engage in eucharistic adoration probably would prefer being able to leave a consecrated host in the monstrance without it becoming moldy. Similarly if a church that believes in the real physical presence but only celebrates communion once every week has a few leftovers, it is nice for them to be able to wrap them up for next week rather than throw them away or make the pastor sit there and eat them all after church

:rofl: Thanks for sharing!

It reminds me of an old article in The Door - variations on communion. My favorite was the sububanite version: Prozac and Perrier. :evilgrin: