Can't wait to get to Communion

And when the hour came, he reclined at table, and the apostles with him. And he said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” (Luke 22:14-16 ESV)
As Jesus gathered with His disciples in the upper room, he opened with this statement.  "I have deeply desired with great desire to be here with you."  He was there with great anticipation; He had much He wanted to show and tell them.  The parallel passage in John tells us some of those initial things were to demonstrate servanthood in washing their feet and to disclose the fact that one of them was the betrayer he had been telling them about.  But most of all, Jesus wanted to be with them as His family of faith.  May we approach communion the same way He approached that final passover - with great desire to see His love demonstrated, to hear His instructions, to appreciate His presence.