Berikut kutipan dari Henri Nouwen, yang kuperoleh berkat langganan “Daily Meditation” dari situs Nouwen.
A Place of Vulnerability and Trust
When we gather around the table and eat from the same loaf
and drink from the same cup, we are most vulnerable to one
another. We cannot have a meal together in peace with guns
hanging over our shoulders and pistols attached to our
belts. When we break bread together we leave our arms -
whether they are physical or mental - at the door and enter
into a place of mutual vulnerability and trust.The beauty of the Eucharist is precisely that it is the
place where a vulnerable God invites vulnerable people to
come together in a peaceful meal. When we break bread and
give it to each other, fear vanishes and God becomes very
close.
“[the Eucharist] is the place where a vulnerable God invites vulnerable people to
come together in a peaceful meal.” Isn’t it so beautiful …?
