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Hey there! Life can be such a whirlwind, can't it? Between work, family, and all the other things we've got going on, it's so easy to let our relationship wi

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And get this - when we take communion, it's not just a mental exercise. Jesus designed it to engage all of our senses. We see the bread and the cup, we smell and taste them, we feel them in our hands. It's a whole-body experience that calls us to be active participants in our relationship with Him.

https://christianchronicle.org/more-than-a-history-lesson-communion-is-a-deeply-personal-experience-with-jesus/
The communion meal must be more than the history of Jesus' last Passover, the bloody body on the cross or the symbol of historical Israel's freedom from slavery. Our communion must be a deeply personal experience with our Lord and Savior. With all our senses and all our being, we must recognize the body, blood and divinity of Jesus.

https://jesusleadershiptraining.com/communion-what-did-jesus-say-about-communion/
Three Main Takeaways. A Call to Remember: Communion is instituted as a memorial to remember Jesus' sacrifice. It serves as a tangible way for believers to recall the death of Jesus and its significance for their salvation and relationship with God. A New Covenant: The reference to Jesus' blood as the "blood of the covenant" signifies

https://outreachmagazine.com/features/discipleship/67891-experiencing-god-through-all-of-our-senses.html
The return of my taste and smell, and the experience of living without them for a time, led me to ponder the importance of our senses in the Christian faith. I reflected upon how Jesus engaged the world through his own senses—and how he encouraged people to engage with their senses to in order to experience the reality of the kingdom.

https://christian.net/theology-and-spirituality/what-is-the-sacrament-of-communion/
The Meaning of Communion. The sacrament of communion holds profound significance within the Christian faith, embodying rich symbolism and spiritual depth. At its core, communion represents a sacred union between the divine and the human, encapsulating the essence of Christian theology and spirituality. It serves as a poignant reminder of the

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Jesus Christ is the Word made flesh, the perfect revelation of God the Father's love for humanity, and the Savior of the world. Jesus, likewise, presented himself as the one path that leads to communion with the Father and therefore with the fullness of the Trinity when he said, "I am the way and the truth and the life." (Jn 14:6) Christ

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by: Dave Hopwood. This is a poetic introduction to Communion, or the Lord's Supper, or the Eucharist. It expands from the words of Christ to apply his body and blood to our lives and the world. Excerpt from the poem: Jesus took some bread and tore it in pieces. Then he lifted the cup and held it up: 'Take this bread,' he said,

https://christianeducatorsacademy.com/the-power-of-communion-what-every-christian-needs-to-know/
Communion, also known as the Eucharist or the Lord's Supper, is a central sacrament in the Christian faith. It is a time where believers come together to remember the sacrifice that Jesus made on the cross, and to renew their commitment to follow Him. But communion is more than just a symbolic act.

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Wednesday, 12 February 2014. Video. Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good morning. In the last Catechesis I emphasized how the Eucharist introduces us into real communion with Jesus and his mystery. Now let us ask ourselves several questions that spring from the relationship between the Eucharist that we celebrate and our life, as a Church and as

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Central to the understanding of communion with God is the notion of spiritual intimacy. This intimacy encompasses a profound closeness to the divine, a sense of being known and understood at the deepest levels of one's being. It involves a reciprocal exchange of love, trust, and vulnerability, akin to the intimacy shared in human relationships

https://www.amazon.com/Engaging-Jesus-Our-Senses-Embodied/dp/1540966720
"An excellent resource for a fully embodied life of faith" Engaging Jesus with Our Senses offers a fresh way to read the Gospels with an emphasis on embodiment, helping us to connect our sensory experiences with those of ancient readers. "It is not easy to write about texts and yet evoke all the bodily senses. But Jeannine Marie Hanger succeeds brilliantly where most would fail.

https://catholicexchange.com/mass-appeal-traditional-mass-engages-five-senses/
Most notably, the faithful kneel to receive Holy Communion. Taste. The final of the five senses is taste. The reception of Holy Communion, kneeling and on the tongue, fosters a true sense of awareness in the faithful. We are more clearly able to perceive what it is (or more accurately Who it is) we cannot touch.

https://catholicgentleman.com/2016/01/mass-appeal-how-the-traditional-mass-engages-all-five-senses/
The final of the five senses is taste. The reception of Holy Communion, kneeling and on the tongue, fosters a true sense of awareness in the faithful. We are more clearly able to perceive what it is (or more accurately Who it is) we cannot touch. In the Traditional Mass only the consecrated hands of the priest touches Holy Communion.

https://www.ministrymatters.com/preach/entry/3540/come-to-your-senses-five-part-sermon-series
This five-part series focuses on experiencing God through each of the five senses. Each sermon deals with "common" ways of experiencing God - ways available to persons not thoroughly trained in spiritual disciplines. In other words, these sermons explore the everyday experiences of God that we tend to easily overlook, by using each of our

https://jeremiahsvow.com/2017/08/08/the-lords-supper-the-gospel-according-to-the-five-senses/
The smell of the bread or wine/juice. The smell of the building. Of the people around us. All of these are just some of the pieces that give our memories shape. Engaging our sense of smell also requires us to be aware of our surroundings, not just pushing them into the background. Try taking a deep breath the next your church is taking communion.

https://www.gatheratdawn.com/blog-content/connecting-with-god-five-senses
I'm in awe of how God wired us with the ability to see, hear, smell, touch, and taste. Yes, our senses help us navigate the world, but they can also help us draw closer to Him. Consider the sensory-rich details of the Tabernacle, or the way Jesus often used tactile methods to engage and heal those around Him.

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Jesus took on flesh--he was embodied. And the Gospels use multisensory language to reveal that his teaching, ministry, and interactions with people engaged the senses. Consider the raging storm on the Sea of Galilee, the perfume filling the house as Mary anointed Jesus's feet, the significance of touch as Jesus healed people.

https://hollischurch.org/sermon/prayer-using-all-five-senses-holy-habits-prayer-week-5-6-october-2019/
The lessons they learned in the past couple of weeks were teaching them about how the sacrament of communion connects us as people of faith, and how it connects us to the love and sacrifice God-in-the-flesh, in the person of Jesus Christ, made for all of us.In our communion service, we are always reminded of Jesus' words as he broke the bread

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1. Engage the Congregation. Engage the Congregation. Engaging the congregation during a communion service means actively involving the participants in the ceremony rather than having them be mere observers. The approach transforms communion's traditional, passive experience into an interactive and participatory event.

https://catholicexchange.com/taste-see-five-senses-faith/
Benedict invokes the words of Augustine: To touch him with our hearts: that is what it means to believe. 'Taste and see': "O taste, and see that the Lord is sweet: blessed is the man that hopeth in him," so proclaims Psalm 34:8. If it is through sacraments in general that we are touched by God, it is through the Eucharist that we taste Him.

https://www.ignatianspirituality.com/five-senses-and-being-fully-alive/
So this month of prayer is an invitation: an invitation to "come to our senses," and to celebrate how God reaches us through our eyes, nose, mouth, hands, ears, and skin. It's a chance to become conscious of faith as a full-body experience, and to see how that awareness can make us ever more fully alive. Ginny Kubitz Moyer reflects on our

https://littleshootsdeeproots.com/encourage/experiencing-god-through-senses/
Helping Children Engage God With All 5 Senses. Our children are most definitely sensory beings, yet we typically teach them to enter God's presence in quietness and, quite frankly, with boredom. Our devotions and prayers are usually spoken , and maybe include a visual, but I'm sure that most of us don't include the senses of taste, touch