Students of evolution have observed that sharing common rituals enhances trust and social solidarity (Nicholas Wade, The Faith Instinct, pp. 78-81, 92-96, 197ff). A congregation and its community would be much closer and cohesive if we stopped to remember how many times we have shared a common meal. Table fellowship creates and solidifies families. As we come to see the Lord's Supper in this way, then on this Thursday and other days we could sing with Pope Benedict XVI that in Christ we have been made a " 'we,' which transcends our divisions and makes us one…" (God Is Love, p.