The famous Christian Rapper, Lecrae, tweeted on Jan. 22, 2022 the following:
Just did communion at home with wheat bread and apple juice. I hope this still counts.
Since Protestants celebrate the counterfeit anyway, whatβs the problem with using whatever you want? Other than you are making a mockery of what Christ gifted us.
But, as for me and my house, we do as Christ calls us to. πβπ πΈπ’πβππππ π‘ is the real deal; true food & true drink; the body, blood, soul & divinity of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
Many others pointed out that taking a shower is not the same as Baptism and neither is consuming snack-foods the same as Holy Communion.
If you have ever read the Didache, the author of the letter is warning a particular first or early second century Christian community about mixing a meal of fellowship with the Sacred meal of the Liturgy. Apparently some were combining the potluck with the Sacrament, which was, and is, a no-no.
Now, Lecrae might have had good intentions. Many others in the comments were defending him by saying, βItβs whatβs in your heart that matters.β But, again, we believe, in the most Blessed Sacrament, that Jesus is truly present and His once-and-for-all offering of Sacrifice, re-presented to His faithful yesterday, today, and tomorrow, is very real. If Lecrae understood and believed this, he would not be making a joke of it. He would bend the knee or even prostrate himself before our Lord in this undeserving gesture of Christβs pure Love and not just a symbolic representation of it.
I Pray that Lecrae might come to recognize the real Jesus in the breaking of the bread. Amen. β±