(Written for Christmas 1 _ 2008 by Ryan Marsh)

ONE: The human body is a unit, it is made up of many parts; and although there are many parts, they form one body. So it is with Christ.

ALL: And we are the body of Christ.

ONE: For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, female or male—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.

ALL: And we are the body of Christ.
ONE: In fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.  If they were all one part, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

ALL: And we are the body of Christ.

ONE: So let there be no division in the body, rather its parts should have equal concern for each other.  If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

ALL: And we are the body of Christ.

ONE: Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?  Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf.

ALL: And we are the body of Christ.

ONE: 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 Christ’s death until he comes.

ALL: And we are the body of Christ.