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Now you succeeded to devoid your understanding of 1 Cor. 11 from any meaning whatsoever. It is not the Eucharist, but neither, we learn from you, is it a charity event. It is just people having a little snack together.

The first letter of Miss Manners to the Corinthians.

No, it is not a charity event, and it is not a time of eating human flesh and blood. It is the most tender memorial of the sacrifice of our Lord on our behalf, and in so doing we obey His stated purpose for the event. But if love of our Savior Christ and love for one another in response to Christ's command is not a good enough reason for you to have this meal, I don't know what to suggest as an alternative. I am not a gnostic. I do not seek union with the divine through bits of sympathetic material. I seek to love my brothers and sisters in Christ in like manner as Christ has loved and given Himself for me.

But if "Miss Manners(??)" is sincerely all you can see in what I posted, I see no hope of further communication. You have "Missed" my meaning about as far as it is possible to miss a thing. But I have no control over that, and trust that other readers may find it helpful, even if it says nothing to you.

God bless you,

SR

f love of our Savior Christ and love for one another in response to Christ's command is not a good enough reason for you to have this meal, I don't know what to suggest as an alternative

I know the reason. I go to Mass to be with Christ, bring my sins to Him and apply His sacrifice to me. I do that in communion with the entire Holy Church, whom I love. Those two aspects are not "alternatives". And that is precisely what 1 Cor. 11 teaches.