"Red Week One" - Daily Reflection - Wednesday October 7, 2015
This is the third entry in a series of daily devotions that I am writing to support my church's October sermon series: "Red: Understanding The Hard Sayings of Jesus." Have you ever wondered why we call The Lord's Supper by so many different names? Some Christian communities (like mine, for example) refer to it as Holy Communion, which comes from the Greek word koinonia, which roughly translated means "the sharing" or "holy community." Some call it the Eucharist, which comes from the Greek word eucharisto, which is what Jesus did when he broke the bread during the Last Supper--he thanked God for it. Some call it the Mass, which comes from the words often used at the end of the meal: "Go--you are sent out." The Latin for this phrase is "ite--missa est," which over time transformed into the word 'Mass.' So, which is the "right" word to use? This is a question I get quite often. I think a bett...