Bless and share the bread and wine you placed at the center of your group. The blessings below draw from Sunday’s second reading, 1 Corinthians 11.23-26.
LEADER: Let us remember that in the year AD 56 the Apostle Paul wrote to the Church in Corinth: I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night he was handed over, took bread, and after he had given thanks, broke it, and said:
ALL: This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.
LEADER: He took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
ALL: As often as we eat this bread and drink the cup, we proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.
LEADER: Now in our time we receive what Paul and generations of believers have handed on from the Lord.
ALL: This sign of Jesus’ love for all.
LEADER: Jesus challenges us, “Why don’t you give them something to eat yourselves?” Let us break off a piece of bread, give it to the person at right, and affirm a way the person nourishes you.
ALL: May this bread nourish you as you nourish us by …
LEADER: May sharing this cup of wine (or grape juice) help us rejoice in sharing our faith in Jesus.
Pass the cup.
Each: Amen.
Exchange a sign of peace.