The Church Is The Eucharist

One of the first things that I see as we start at the beginning is Eucharist/communion/breaking bread/common table fellowship. This was at the heart of the community. It was a whole meal with a blessing of bread and cup in the middle of the dinner. It was a table of confession of belief and sin, a table of forgiveness and peace, a table of mutual participation in pain and hurt, and a table of survival (possibly the only meal anyone would have especially in the impoverished and highly persecuted areas).

Such a scenario does not work very well in most areas of western society, although it is still very much alive and viable in other areas of the world. However, what can we draw from this in our day to understand how gospel and church can change the world? How can we prepare a table in the midst of the world?