Churches has practice communion for thousands of years, depending on different churches tradition. Communion uses the bread or cracker as a symbol for Jesus' body and wine or grape juice is the symbol for His blood.
For me, I'm not nor is anyone obligated to partake in the ceremony of communion at church, but it also represent Jesus body. My church as the ceremony every 4th Sunday of the month and you can dress in all white, some members do and some don't. White is representing holiness and uniformity which wearing all white is purely a man-made custom. No one is turned away from partaking in communion if not dressed in white.
It also reminds me that the Jesus has provided me with everything that I need and it also gives us the spiritual nourishment to keep taking steps to being closer to Him. This is my opinion and view of an archetype in the community or in my life.
At my church we also participate in the symbolic ritual of communion, except we perform ours on the 1st Sunday of every month. every month we the bread and wine( grape juice) are symbols to remind us of the ultimate sacrifice that God made for everyone's sins.
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