Word: communion
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...picture of Old Joe Kennedy and the kids with Pope Pius XII reminded Rose that "the Pope gaveTeddy his first Holy Communion. I thought with all those spiritual advantages Teddy might become a priest or even a bishop, but he met a beautiful blonde one evening, and that...
Church bells ring on a winter Sunday in a Swedish coastal village. The devout -they number just nine-assemble in the drafty little stone building. The pastor (Gunnar Björnstrand) serves Communion as if he were an actor in a play near the end of a long run-withdrawn, saying the words without compassion. The contrast between this remoteness and the fervor on the faces of the communicants as they receive the Host and the Cup states Bergman's theme: a vain search for faith down ways that are closed. Besought, after the service, to counsel a fisherman...
...Sessions feels there is some special part of the Communion Service she is coming to hear--she cannot say exactly what, but she fears it comes early and is afraid she'll miss it. Some precious words, maybe only a half dozen that will fill in a black chink, or a gaping maw more and more she is sure exists in her otherwise peaceful and contented soul. Only recently has the need for the refill become obvious, although the cavity may have been there longer...
...MESCALINE, the oldest, is extracted from the tops, or buttons, of peyote, a cactus common in the Southwestern U.S. and Mexico. The buttons are used as a communion host by the Native American
...also civil servants, responsible for recording all births, marriages and deaths. She has visits from parishioners in search of spiritual help, spends most of her evenings on youth work or speaking to women's organizations. Barbro also teaches Sunday school and every other week officiates at the parish Communion service...