The Meal o f the Kin(g)dom

Why, at the Last Supper (according to the earliest account we have of it in Paul's first letter to the church in Corinth) did Jesus ask us to remember him with a meal of bread and drink? Perhaps it was because meals were such an important part of his ministry. For Jesus the meal was a deliberate mission strategy in which Jesus tried to break through the barriers which divided the poor and the wealthy, the hungry and the well-fed, the righteous and the sinners, the honourable and the shamed. What would it mean for us if what we do in memory of him became such a challenge to the divisions in our communities?