Message from @DeplorablePapa
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When I say that about Communion I'm not talking about the priest excommunicating a guilty party , i'm talking about examination of our own conscience.
thats the problem i have with rituals, over time they tend to devolve into idolatry
for He is the way and the light
1 Corinthians 11:29-31 King James Version (KJV)
29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
St Paul is talking about Communion here
in our Tradition we MUST take it very seriously as we believe it is the Body and Blood of our Lord
I think communion shoul dbe done in private
the public communion is too much temptation to sin
peer pressure etc
Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! 1 Corinthians 6:15
The redemption of the prostitute is proof of God's grace
this isn't just talking about "prostitutes"
mans perception of social adherence is in itself a sin
one o fpride
this is talking about the fact that by falling into sin, we make the temple of the holy spirit (our body) into a prostitute
th emost deceptive of temptations
i agree
which is why I like private communion
For us communion is never private.... You are uniting yourself to God and to one another.
does that not conflate man with God?
i feel like it dilutes it
it is not only personal but congregational
its also more practical
and faster
but fast is not always good
at your church, does just one person deliver the communion sacrament?
or do they rotate?
We were made in the Image and Likeness of God , in the fall we have injured our very humanity so as to distort His Holy Image so as to make it impossible for us to attain His likeness, this is why Christ takes up our wounded humanity. To heal it in Himself through suffering on the Cross. "For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings." Hebrews 2:10 And by inheriting that little mustard seed of the New humanity remade by Him and in Him we are able to water and grow that seed and finally become God Like or more exactly Christ Like as it was intended.
Amen
so yeah that is some of t he stuff i touched upon
Love Church on Sunday
need it for my soul
otherwise i'd go crazy
the church is wherever Man meets God
this is church ๐
or can be
โDraw near to God and He will draw near to you.โ James 4:8
Happy Sunday my brother in Christ, wherever we meet, may God always be present
Amen!