According to Today, the church uses the stunning altar for their communion. “The table of the Lord is intact,” First Christian Church wrote in a Facebook post.

An assistant prepares ciboria of hosts for Communion before Pope Francis’s celebration of Mass marking the feast of Pentecost in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican June 4. ( Credit: Paul Haring ...

Yes, Lord; for even the dogs eat of the crumbs that fall from the master’s table. We are all "dogs" in some way, outcasts and sinners who need forgiveness, and that’s why we approach the altar.

Pope Francis has amended the Catholic Church laws so that women may be Bible readers at Mass, serve at the altar and distribute communion — practices already common in many countries.