The Fraction Rite

In my church we have a ritual in the mass that is called "The Fraction Rite."  The priest takes this big round host and breaks it up into separate pieces.  Each piece is ragged and uneven.  But all the pieces, together would make a big round whole host.  Community is made up of ragged, and broken people, separated from one another in our individualistic, personal rights oriented, gated world.  If we could come together, we would be whole.  This is what the receiving of the broken pieces of the host mean.  The body of Christ is what my church calls us, when we come together.  How together we will be outside the doors of the church, well, that is the daily job of the believer.  We will get to heaven well enough if we can begin to break down the walls that we build up to keep others out.