In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good. In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it. No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval. So then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat, for when you are eating, some of you go ahead with your own private suppers. As a result, one person remains hungry and another gets drunk. Don’t you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God by humiliating those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? Certainly not in this matter!

For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

-- 1 Corinthians 11:17-26

Bread of Heaven

Bread of Heaven, on thee we feed, for thou art our food indeed.
Ever may our souls be fed with this true and living Bread,
day by day with strength supplied through the life of Christ who died.

Vine of Heaven, thy love supplies this blest cup of sacrifice.
“Tis thy wounds our healing give; to thy cross we look and live.
Thou our life! O let us be rooted, grafted, built on thee.

-- Josiah Conder, 1824, alt.
Glory to God: The Presbyterian Hymnal, Number 496.