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The Body, Christ's Body
"From the first generation of the Church, eating together was a sign of the breaking down of boundaries between Christians of different groups: Jew and Greek (Galatians 2), rich and poor (1 Corinthians 11), and so on. This was a sign of God's saving justice going out into all the world. When this caused difficulties, Paul was adamant, in the name of Jesus who had included everyone at his table, that unity there was not negitiable. 'We, who are many, are one bread, one body - for we all partake of the one bread' (1 Corinthians 10:17). Sharing Communion together between Christians of different denominations ought not to be the goal at the end of a long process of unity negotiations. It ought to be the means, the thing we already do, that will create a context in which we will be able to understand and respect one another and grow towards a richer unity. - The Meal Jesus Gave Us, p. 81-82