...it’s a mystery.
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.
If you only read it maybe you’d understand Catholic beliefs.
Alrighty then...
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM
"You vipers...
Thatr is a keeper. I love Frank Sheed. I really have to go back and finish reading "Theology and Sanity".
That’s right. It’s his Real Body. And as He said, “My flesh is food indeed; my blood is drink indeed.” And then He gave us to eat and to drink.
This is apropos of what?
Still waiting on even one of you to do the same.
Care to be the first?
Great point smvoice! I would like to know the answer to that as well.
Until you can show another infallible source for what the apostles taught, scripture will remain the only source.
WORSDS MEAN THINGS. Those meanings are called DEFINITIONS. ἄνωθεν anthon 's primary meaning is "from above" if you go to ANY ONLINE dictionary, if you use the "Concise Greek-English dictionary of the New Testament" Prepared by Barclay M. Newman Jr., or the KJV Greek Interlinear KJV, you will find the EXACT SAME THING.
If any of them use "Born again" it is not a Primary definition, it is not even a secondary definition, at best it is a tertiary definition, if it is used at all.
That is right, please read again carefully, ANY and ALL dictionaries have "Born again" as a tertiary definition if they have it at all. Not a single one has it as the primary definition. Several don't use it at all.
On the other hand Every one of those same sources give exactly one definition for ἀναγεννήσας anagennao. and that mean is "Born again".
The question you should all be asking is why are prots so insistent on using the tertiary definition of the word at best?
Why are you all so insistent on using the tertiary definition of the word?
If what the ECF wrote isn't Holy Spirit inspired, God breathed revelation, then it's merely opinion pieces written by men which can be dismissed without any qualms or consequences.
And this is a perfect example of why Catholicism requires "sacred tradition" because it's by THAT that most of their doctrine is supported, not by Scripture.
It's no wonder that Catholicism downplays the very Holy Spirit inspired, God breathed word.
I wasn’t the one who made the “absurd” statement. Your good buddy Steelfish did:
The Catholics seem to do this a lot here...
Then do you admit that the translators of the Douay-Rheims Bible used the wrong word and translated poorly the phrase that is translated *born again* in John 3, correct?
The question you should all be asking is why are prots so insistent on using the tertiary definition of the word at best?
Then the question becomes, "Why did the CATHOLIC CHURCH use the phrase "born again" in it's approved Douay-Rheims translation of the Bible that it translated itself?"
Worshipping that cracker is idolatry.
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The question you should all be asking is why are prots so insistent on using the tertiary definition of the word at best?
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Because we don't let dictionaries define what we are but look straight to the inspired word of God.
The real question is why do FRoman Catholics look to secondary and tertiary sources to define their identity?
and apparently non-catholics are more familiar with this than catholics are!
I understand the catechism teaches catholics and muslims adore the same god and that they don't believe in a literal six day creation....it is symbolic.
tells me all I need to know about catholicism right there.
Why do you fear the term “born again”?
From the Catholic Douay-Rheims Bible.
John 3:3 Jesus answered, and said to him: Amen, amen I say to thee, unless a man be born again (anóthen), he cannot see the kingdom of God.
John 3:7 Wonder not, that I said to thee, you must be born again (anóthen).
Galatians 4:9 But now, after that you have known God, or rather are known by God: how turn you again to the weak and needy elements, which you desire to serve again (anóthen)?
You need to get with your pope and straighten those guys out first it seems to me. Or are you making definitions of scripture over what they say?
The "eucharist" is nothing more than idolatry. The "sacrifice of the mass" is blasphemy. The sacrifice of Christ was "once for all" not to be continued and the "sacraments" are simply paganistic rituals.
So your "one truth" of Catholicism is not the New Testament ekklesia of Christ. It's nothing more than a false religion. Paul wrote that anyone who teaches something they didn't should be considered accursed. Catholics cannot show that what they teach is what the apostles taught and should therefore be considered accursed.
Yes! Through the Catholic Church.
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