I remember Senator Jim Buckley once saying to me how he appreciated the use of the old-fashioned Communion rail at a Catholic church we both happened to be one Sunday. Because, he said, kneeling at the Communion rail, everyone’s on the same level — Supreme Court justice or homeless man (the mix you would find on a given Sunday at this particular D.C. church), every one.

On the Communion line, too, everyone is offered something. Here a humble president an First Lady approach the altar, but respecting the Sacrament. The Anchoress appreciates (and, of course, contrasts).