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On this Sunday, we sit together at tables for communion, worship, and a potluck meal.

(References: The Last Judgment (Posthumous) 159)

157. [157.] 24. Afterward I saw removed from the rest those who led a life of piety only, in a state of idleness, who spent their time continually engaged in prayers and placed no value in truths, knowing only that salvation comes of mercy and that sins are forgiven, not knowing at all what sin is, who despised others in comparison with themselves and also condemned them for their worldly concerns, and who for the most part set merit in prayers. Angels complained about these, too, especially because they induced in them a state of depression. These people dwelled to the side of them, and therefore they were driven off into their own places, where they retain their worship but are forced to work. They were carried off into a northern plain, because they were in a state of ignorance regarding the means that lead to heaven.