La Cena del Señor

(The Lord's Supper)

This week was a cool one at church - we've been using different Eucharistic prayers throughout Lent - they're all Anglican, and they're from around the world - we've used the prayers from Australia, Wales, New Zealand... today I was celebrating (saying the thanksgiving over the gifts, blessing the elements of bread and wine for communion), and I was using the prayer from the Episcopal (Anglican) Church in Spain. So, it was Book of Common Prayer, and it was in Spanish. I would say a line in Spanish, K would say the English translation, and we went from there. The rest of the service was in English - and up on the Power Point that I've been having fun with, not just in the book. One of the assets of the Anglican Church is that our liturgy is the same all around the world... so it was fun to bring to mind in the congregation that not all Anglicans speak English (and globally, more Anglicans do NOT speak English than those of us who do!). And, to be fair, it was great for me to use my Spanish for something other than reading. The congregation seemed really impressed not just at my ability to speak another language but at the sense of continuity that I was hoping to achieve. :-) It's so easy to get caught up in what we're used to and miss the bigger picture... I loved being in that bigger picture today!!