#ScriptureReflection - 1 Corinthians 11:23-34 (3.24.22)

Tradition of the Institution.

23  For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over, took bread, ²⁴  and, after he had given thanks, broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” ²⁵  In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” ²⁶  For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.

²⁷  Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord. ²⁸  A person should examine himself, and so eat the bread and drink the cup. ²⁹  For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself. ³⁰  That is why many among you are ill and infirm, and a considerable number are dying. ³¹  If we discerned ourselves, we would not be under judgment; ³²  but since we are judged by [the] Lord, we are being disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world.

³³  Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. ³⁴  If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that your meetings may not result in judgment. The other matters I shall set in order when I come.

Source: NABRE (New American Bible Revised Edition)