Thank you Brother Romano for providing us with the difference between The Mass and Communion. I would like to add that the Church dogma dictates the doctrine of transubstantiation or in layman's terms, the bread and wine ARE actually the body and blood of Christ in "real presence" in this Blessed Sacrament, these Communion elements esp. the consecrated Host. In some tribal societies the bones of the deceased relative are ground to powder and served up in drink to the community. In the 60's we used to say, "You are what you eat." But communion does serve a function. It makes one forget for a moment how his neighbor's dog shit on his lawn three times in one week. For a great essay try "The Myth of the Resurrection" by Joseph McCabe (1925) at http://www.primenet.com/~heuvelc/bible/library/myth.htm CM p.s. Will we get to the Shroud of Turin yet this week?