I have been thinking about the uniqueness of the Lord’s Supper, or Communion, as a memorial event. Now memorial events are reasonably common in our culture – for example, we have Remembrance Day (11 th Nov) in Commonwealth countries and the Fourth of July in the United States. Even birthdays can be thought of as “memorial events”, as we are celebrating the anniversary of our birth. Most of these memorials focus almost exclusively on what happened in the past: there was a significant event, and we want to keep remembering and recognising it. Sometimes there is a small aspect on the relevance of the event today, but it is largely marking the anniversary of a historical date. The Lord’s Supper is different, in that it forms one point on a continuous timeline. It brings together the past, the present and the future at this one point in our lives. Yes, we remember the past: we look back as far as the origins of the Passover in the exodus narrative and the celebrations of the Passover thr...