Outside Source - The Sacred Meal

For every religion, only certain foods are deemed acceptable during rituals. According to E.S. Drower, the usual foods for the ritual meals are bread, rice, certain vegetables, certain fruits, and in the case of Christians, honey (Drower, 228). In today’s American society, few individuals still obey their religious text in upholding significance of ritual foods.
I know that, for example, the Last Supper between Jesus and his disciples is a meal that I would consider to have been a sacred encounter – I would therefore deem the food at the ceremony sacred as does the Church today. During communion, the bread and wine are considered a representation of what Christ did for each of us – came and lived a life in the flesh, lived a perfect life, and gave himself as a final offering for his saints. This ritual meal is something which is of great importance to me. I enjoy publicly sharing this meal with others as a representation of my belief is Jesus and his promise to return.

Drower, E.S. The Ritual Meal. Folklore > Vol. 48, No. 3 (Sep., 1937),
pp. 226-244. Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0015

Drew Harrell