Communion--Jesus' Meals with Sinners

Jesus goes against the expectations of self-righteous religious people and eats with sinners. He is not defiled by them, rather he calls them to himself. As Jesus prepares to die for the sinners he loves, he has a meal with them and tells them to have a meal like this again and again until he returns in glory to take every one of them, and all who would be saved, away to eternal glory. So in communion, we remember and proclaim that Jesus died, that he died for us-his people, that just as our Lord loves each one of us, so we also love each other, that we are totally dependent on Christ, that Christ still loves us, that all of the blessings Christ purchased for us are still reserved for us. Because communion-Jesus' meals with sinners-means so much, we respond in faith and abandon ourselves again to his wonderful intentions for us, his people.