152 Weekly entry: Spiritual Exercises
of St. Ignatius: The Last Supper?
One family William Barclay tells the story of an old African chief of the Ngoni tribe. One Sunday morning he sat at the Eucharist, watching members of the Ngoni, Senga, and Tumbuka tribes worshiping side by side.
Suddenly his mind flashed back to his boyhood, and he recalled watching Ngoni

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warriors, after a day's fighting, washing Senga and Tumbuka blood from their spears and bodies.
That morning at the Eucharist, the old chief understood as never before what Christianity is all about. It is God, calling all people in and through Christ to put away all hostility and live as one family.
This is the message the Christian community proclaims to the world each time it gathers to celebrate the Eucharist. _________ How important is my presence at the Eucharist on the Lord's Day?
The Christian community is Christ's body. If it is silent, Christ is silent. If I am silent, a part of Christ is silent. If a part of Christ is silent, a part of Christ's message goes unheard. __________________________________
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