Personally, I do not care if they use water or wine or grape juice or flat bread or wonder bread, it IS the remembrance of Him that is the issue. I met a man who was a Holocaust survivor and they held, in secret of course, communion using a flat bread (they were saving the meager bread they received and on occasion were given lemons) and lemon juice.
"For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, 'Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.' In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.' For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death till He comes" (I Corinthians 11:23- 26).
The wonderbread and water DO bother me, but I study ritual so...
When doing it in remembrance of Christ’s sacrifice, IMO, the elements DO matter (except in extreme circumstances like you mentioned).
Leavening = sin and Christ was sinless which is why unleavened bread was used (also passover).
Grape Juice or Wine (both fruit of the vine) is symbolic of His blood, water just doesn’t cut it.
Exactly. You could use diet coke and twinkies for all I care, as long as it was done with reverence and joyful remembrance.