Investment

When someone receives Holy Communion, we say that they "consume" the host.  Now in terms of economic capitalism, when you consume something, no captial is added, nothing new is produced, or manufactured.  To invest means to add to expand the captial base.  The buying of a house is consumption, not investment, so the capitalist says.  The fellow who built the house invested in a business that added something to the capital base, your house.  You added nothing by buying it.  Now back to communion.  When you consume the host, nothing is added to spiritual capital.  You are unchanged, and God is still God.  But if you invest "time" after communion, in meditation, praise and gratitude, then you become changed.  Something is added to you.  You become more than you were.  Time invested in prayer brings transformation.  The world becomes a better place.  Pity those who consume the host as they rush out the door to the parking lot.