Communion is a tiny cup and a tiny piece of bread holding the biggest story ever told.

Small things can carry enormous meaning without becoming impressive. Bread and a cup are deliberately ordinary, which is part of what they are saying: the story does not need spectacle to be true, and the smallest possible portion is enough to hold it. Familiarity is the main risk, since anything repeated often can turn into procedure.

Slow down for it next time. Before you take it, remember what it is pointing at rather than moving through the motions. Ordinary objects holding something vast is worth a few seconds of attention, even when the room is going quickly.