On the Eucharist

Simon Chan comments on infrequent observance of Communion:

Two reasons are commonly given for infrequent observance of the Eucharist.  One is that if the Lord's Supper were observed too frequently, it would lose its meaning....Further, the rationale assume that the Lord's Supper is another commemorative event, like a birthday or wedding anniversary.  But if the Lord's Supper is indeed a 'feeding on Christ to eternal life,' making us into what we eat, then there is no question about whether frequent Communion would cause a loss of significance.  No one has yet complained that having three meals a day had eroded the significance of eating....As Vander Zee puts it, 'If God feeds and confirms our faith in the sacrament, then we deprive ourselves of the fullness of his grace when we sit around the table only once in a while.  We need every nourishment that God provides, and to miss the meal not only snubs his gracious hospitality but creates spiritual anorexics. (p. 65).