Posted on 04/04/2015 1:59:27 PM PDT by Steelfish
The Resurrection & The Eucharist by Fr. Rodney Kissinger S.J. (Former Missouri Synod Lutheran) http://www.frksj.org/homily_ressurection_and_the_eucharist.htm There is an important connection between the Resurrection and the Eucharist. The Eucharist IS the Risen Jesus.
Therefore, the Eucharist makes the Resurrection present and active in our lives and enables us to experience the joy and the power of the Resurrection. The Resurrection is the reason for the observance of Sunday instead of the Sabbath. According to the Gospel it was early in the morning on the first day of the week that the Risen Jesus appeared to Mary Magdalene.
It was also on the evening of that first day of the week that the Risen Jesus appeared to the Apostles when Thomas was not present. Then a week later, on the first day of the week, he appeared again when Thomas was present.
So the Apostles began to celebrate the first day of the week, Sunday, as the beginning of the re-creation of the world just as they had celebrated the Sabbath as the end of the creation of the world. Originally the Liturgical Year was simply fifty-two Sundays, fifty-two celebrations of the Eucharist, fifty-two celebrations of the Resurrection. Today the Eucharist is still the principal way of celebrating the Resurrection and proclaiming the Mystery of Faith: “Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.”
As we have seen the joy and the power of the Resurrection is not found in the empty tomb or in the witness of some one else it is found only in a personal encounter with the Risen Jesus. The Eucharist, the Risen Jesus, gives us an opportunity for this personal encounter. Will all who receive the Eucharist have a personal encounter with the Risen Jesus? Yes they will. Unfortunately, not all will recognize the Risen Jesus. Mary Magdalene had a personal encounter with the Risen Jesus but did not recognize him. She thought it was the gardener. It was not until she recognized Jesus that she experienced the joy and the power of the Resurrection. The two disciples on the road to Emmaus had a personal encounter with the Risen Jesus and thought that it was a stranger. It was not until they recognized him in the “breaking of the bread” that they experienced the joy and the power of the Resurrection.
The Eucharist is also a pledge of our own resurrection. “I am the living bread come down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.” The Eucharist tells us that in death life is changed not ended. It is not so much life after death but life through death. Death is the door to life. This takes away the fear of death and gives us consolation at the death of a loved one.
The Eucharist also continues the two fold effect of the Resurrection which is to confirm the faith of the Apostles and to create the Christian Community. These are two sides of the same coin. To believe is to belong. Community was an integral part of the life of the first Christians. They were of one mind and one heart. When the Apostles asked the Lord to teach them how to pray, he taught them the “OUR Father.” In the Creed we say, “WE believe.” It is a personal commitment made in the community of believers.
The Eucharist also confirms the faith of the recipient and is the principle of unity and community. Without the Christian Community we lose our roots and our identity and our ability to survive in our culture which is diametrically opposed to Christ.
Through the Eucharist the Risen Jesus continues his two fold mission of proclaiming the Good News and healing the sick. Every celebration of the Eucharist proclaims the Good News and heals the sick. The Liturgy of the Word proclaims the Good News and the Liturgy of the Eucharist heals the sick. If people were healed simply by touching the hem of His garment how much more healing must come from receiving His Body and Blood?
How ridiculous it is then when people ask, “Do I have an obligation to go to Mass on Sunday?” If obligation is going to determine whether or not you go to Mass forget the obligation. You have a greater problem than that. Your problem is faith, you don’t believe. You don’t believe that the Eucharist IS the Risen Christ.
You just don’t realize the connection between the Resurrection and the Eucharist. In just a few moments we will receive the Eucharist and once again have an opportunity for a personal encounter with the Risen Jesus.
Let us ask for the faith to recognize him in the “breaking of the bread” so that we are able to say with Thomas, “My Lord and my God,” and in so doing experience the joy and the power of the Resurrection.
LOL! Is reality even a known world to you?
In 176 your were making it personal.
“Actually he is ignoring” is mindreading and is making it personal.
Discuss the issues all you want but do not make it personal.
Yes you did....if you are relying upon the 10 Commandments, the Law, circumcision, the US Constitution, etc, for your salvation....you are not saved.
Paul makes it clear that salvation comes about through faith.
That was the point of reading Galatians 3.
Show me where I am wrong......
Did or did not God prohibit eating blood before the old covenant was established?
Did or did not God prohibit eating blood at the Council at Jerusalem after the new covenant was instituted?
The prohibition against eating of blood was only better defined under the old covenant, with clear penalties for failing to obey it but it most certainly is not an old covenant only law.
You are wrong.
Ya but he's got a degree in theology...
My question has been dodged several times ..WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS? I Can only assume the silence is because you may not know
Chalk it up to Roman ignorance
I noticed the hypocrisy as well.
Neither was my question answered about what the purpose of the Ten Commandments was.
Jews like Romanists look to be saved by the law.. They love the tradition and follow it looking for favor... foolish and lost...just like Rome
Lost Lost Lost
They do not know MM..they really believe it saves them
Are you impressed?
Funny, I don’t think Peer had a degree in theology, or any of the other apostles that walked with Jesus.
I know because when I was Catholic, I believed that as well.
They are taught it, after all, so unless someone tells them different, you can’t expect them to know.
No wonder the church always wanted to keep Scripture out of the hands of the people.
It would break the hold the church had on them.
It's been 'splained to you numerous times with scripture in other threads...
I'm guessin' that every time scripture is posted, you skip over it, and at the very least, refuse to believe it...
Saying someone is ignoring after three days is not mindreading when they answer other questions. It is an observation of fact.
**Saying someone is ignoring after three days is not mindreading when they answer other questions. It is an observation of fact.**
Some questions are harder to answer than others and take more time to form an answer.
Saying “someone is ignoring after three days” is an opinion and is not a fact, it’s personal/mindreading because you cannot know what is going on in another poster’s mind.
It follows as the night the day.
“If that doesn’t work out they want to build a tower that reaches Heaven.”
B b b b but...that was already tried...it was called Babel...
Oh, I get it!...we get a lot of babble on these threads from them!
I hope you read this verse: Gal 3:17 Now this I say: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none effect.
Depending on the time line you use the 10 Commandments came between 200 and 300 years after the covenant with Abraham. The Law Paul is talking about in Galatians is the ones from the Pharisees and Sadducees.
So are the 10 Commandments still valid or not?
Valid for what purpose?
Another question that is remaining unanswered.
I wonder if its being ignored because it’s been asked so often, I would not find that hard to believe.
We can only present the truths from scripture that the Catholic church gave us....thanks Catholics!!!
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