[Northern Yankee]

Great article!

I teach students in Religious Education (8th graders) and still have some that have trouble with the Eucharist being the body and blood of Christ.

I'll keep working on them.

[Quix]

“My yoke is easy and my burden light.”

[defconw]

I used to teach 7th graders. I know what you mean. I mean I feet it, sometimes it’s so overwhelming, but how do you teach that?

[Girlene]

Thanks for the ping, Northern Yankee. I’ve always viewed Communion as a rememberance of Christ’s sacrifice. Christ gives his disciples the wine and bread as examples of his own body and blood that will be shed when he is crucified. By partaking in Communion, we are to remember the covenant that Christ had made with his followers....by believing he is the son of God, and was sacrificed for our sins, we can have eternal life.

[Tax-chick]

I have first graders this year, and I’ve been emphasizing this all year. It’s hard to tell how much they’re taking in.