This was a pure moment
an
instant never to be found
again,
captured,
A
four-year-old’s faith,
captured
in my ear
in
the snack aisle
(for
this moment the church).
A
sleeve of rice cakes
seen
for its essence
in
a different place
at
a time made holy;
Broken
by clergy
as
the Body of Christ
for
the wheat intolerant.
My
face broke into a smile
before
her question
caught
too by her spirit
and
her simple belief
in
the transformation;
the
world made more perfect
within
this blessing.
A
body of rice,
flesh
broken for us,
to
remember,
to
never forget,
what
Christ gave us
climbing
our cross
To
see the world
the
Word, life,
as
a child, to understand
with
my heart
more
than my intellect
my
mind, real, authentic,
to
see with these eyes.
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edited October 20, 2018
a body of rice – v5
(editing version 3 and version 4)
edited
November 11, 2014
a
body of rice – v4
(editing
original again)
edited June 29, 2014
a body of rice – v3
edited March 27, 2014
a body of rice – v2
4/27/06 7:46pm
a body of rice
Based on Shanequa’s question to me if this
was the body of Christ when we were at Market Basket
on April 22, 2006. She had assisted some weeks earlier at
setting up communion at the Rejuvenation service at our
church.
She understood the elements were merely
bread and juice before the pastors’ blessing.
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Methodist, sacrifice, savior, Shanequa,
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