The communion we experience as Christians with one another all the time The ritual enactment of that communion that we experience here is called, not surprisingly, communion. We take communion because we are a communion. And we are a communion because of the gift of the Holy Spirit. Consider this benediction that Paul gives. “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen” (2 Cor. 13:14). Notice what is happening here. Every member of the Trinity is named, and a particular gift or grace is associated with each. The Father is associated with love, the Son with grace, and the Holy Spirit with communion. Now you know, perfectly well, that what each person of the Trinity has, the other two have as well. It is not as though the Spirit is unloving, or the Father ungracious.
But this is a description of what theologians call the “economic Trinity,” or the Trinity “at work.” When God gives Himself to us, what does He do? Well, He sends His love, and He gives us His grace, but none of this would stick to us unless the Holy Spirit served as the bonding agent. The Holy Spirit brings communion. Communion of what? Well, among other things, the love of the Father, and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ.
We are different individuals, and the Holy Spirit binds us together. That binding is love, that binding is grace, that binding is God Himself. And this is why you are invited, warmly, to come. Come, and welcome.