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.
While you are wasting have you considered baking some brownies, or maybe taking up a hobby like fishing?
While you are waiting have you considered baking some brownies, or maybe taking up a hobby like fishing?
2 Tim. 3:14-17. She gave it to you a few posts ago. That isn’t sufficient for you?
Actually I'm listening to a very good debate on climate change.
I take it you're not willing to fess up to what you meant by OMG.
Reminds me of a junior high mindset.
It's been real verga.
I'm going to the deep end of the pool. Tired of swimming in the kiddie section.
You can visit the Tozer threads for some deep swimming.
But it all depends realizing that a dead faith is not a saving faith. Faith without works, as James said, is dead. And if you have Faith without love? As Paul says, you are nothing.
Here is what the word Definition means: noun
1. the act of defining, or of making something definite, distinct, or clear: We need a better definition of her responsibilities.
2. the formal statement of the meaning or significance of a word, phrase, idiom, etc., as found in dictionaries. An online dictionary resource, such as Dictionary.com, can give users direct, immediate access to the definitions of a term, allowing them to compare definitions from various dictionaries and stay up to date with an ever-expanding vocabulary.
3. the condition of being definite, distinct, or clearly outlined: His biceps have great muscle definition.
4. Optics. sharpness of the image formed by an optical system.
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That verse does not define the term. It does not set the limits or parameters of what SS is (or is not)
Prots whine constantly that Catholics don't have any idea of what SS is or that the "Catholic Answers": definition is wrong.
So show us the correct DEFINITION in the Bible.
P.S. Matthew 4:4 supports the Catholic position of Sacred Tradition, not SS.
“Sounds like mind reading to me.”
Making it personal via mindreading can be quite difficult to define.
If you think a poster is making a personal comment push the abuse button and express your concerns.
That is not a definition of SOLA SCRIPTURA, That describes the origin of scripture, but does not define SOLA SCRPTURA.
Might want to put some floaties on.
No, that tells us that God Himself believes that Scripture, His Word, is sufficient for making us thoroughly complete. What else would He need added IF He says His Word COMPLETES us? “That the man of God may be complete. Equipped for every good work.” Please show me where ANYTHING else is necessary, according to God, not the catholic church.
I have never heard what Catholics think God neglected to put in Scripture that they have to add to complete the man that God says is complete by his word.
You are wrong.
Me either, mm. But something tells me the source is the source for all that is wrong with the catholic church.
Proverbs 16:18
Then we are not "eating" and "drinking" flesh and blood to come to know Jesus.....we are coming to Him by faith.
The Eucharist/Communion is a remembrance of what He has done for us.
But it all depends realizing that a dead faith is not a saving faith.
If one has faith in Christ, one will be doing His will. But those "things" we do are not what saves us. It is faith in Him.
Faith without works, as James said, is dead.
It is still faith. I do agree it's useless if we not doing His will. But we are still saved if we believe. There is no deed we can do that equals the Cross.
Yes, and he referenced Abraham as did Paul. Remember they are both Jews and know this history.
Then he believed in the Lord; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness (Gen 15:6 NASB).
Remember there was no circumcision at this time. There was no Law when Abraham believed the Lord. He took God at His word and believed Him.
Did he later "justify" his faith by his willingness to offer Isaac? Yes he did. He was expressing the confident faith that Isaac was the son God had promised to him and that he would be the heir of what God had promised to Abraham.
Abraham believed this and expressed this faith in Genesis 22:5 when he told his two aides, "Stay here with the donkey, and I and the lad will go yonder; and we will worship and return to you."
He knew in either case, that Isaac was going to be his heir. He had full faith in God at this point.
And if you have Faith without love? As Paul says, you are nothing.
Yep...trying not to be a noisy gong.
Ooooo looky another prot "gotcha" question that I will choose to ignore.If a poster wishes to ignore a question, it cannot be determined what the answer is.Of course. No surprise there so that can be taken as a *Yes*.
If a question continues to go answered, no answer IS the answer.
“Very nice attempt to twist the question”
Discuss the issues all you want, but do not make it personal.
Oh so, all the early Church Fathers got it wrong? The very theologians who by their infallible authority authenticated the books in the Bible as the true written word of God? All the saints and martyrs of the Catholic Church all got wrong for some fifteen centuries until the Reformation? All the eminent theologians who after a lifetime of study and scriptural research who converted to Catholicism all got it wrong? And of course, Augustine, Aquinas, Newman, and Benedict got it wrong?
Christ who turned water into wine can surely turn it into His own Blood in the New Covenant. It is enough for us Catholics if this is how Peter and his successors understood this to be since Christ made sure that they got it right because He will remain with the Church he founded until the end of time. The Catholic Church does to deal with invented riddles of the type you pose.
Oh, so calling the early Church fathers, and theologians of the caliber of Augustine, Aquinas, Newman and Benedict, and Protestant theologians who converted to Catholicism as “college idiots’ is not name calliing?
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