“We must raise the standard”Īnastasia Rahlina, Bishop Pachomy (Bruskov)Īs the Lord said in the Gosples, He that is able to receive it, let him receive it (Mt. “We must raise the standard”īishop Pachomy (Bruskov), Anastasia Rahlina On Preparation for Holy Communion. We pass over therefore from the love of the flesh to temperance from our former ignorance to the true knowledge of God So must we too, who have accepted the salvation that is in Christ, be willing no longer to abide in our former faults, nor continue in our evil ways, but manfully cross over the sea, as it were, of the vain trouble of this world, and the tempest of affairs that is therein. Cyril of Alexandria Passing over to true knowledge of God
by Holy Cross Seminary Press)Īllow the Eucharist to help transform you from ordinary to (From the Anaphora of the Liturgy of St.īasil, Trans. Hand, God and Father, and His glorious and awesome secondĬoming. Three day burial and resurrection from the dead, HisĪscension into heaven, and enthronement at Your right Remembering His saving passion and life giving cross, His This Bread and drink this Cup, you proclaim my death, and And it is an opportunity to rememberĪll that God did and still does for us, so that we can goĭo this in remembrance of me.
It is an opportunity to partake of what is holy to God in this life in preparation for living with Him in the Is the opportunity to stand in the presence of the Divine The Eucharist is an opportunity to partake of theĮxtraordinary to remind us that we are extraordinary. Ordinary gifts and a “show” is performed over The Eucharist is not just some ritual where we bring We tell Him that we want to be extraordinary and holy. In receiving the Eucharist, we tell God that we love Him. That He has given us a pathway to follow to get us from In the Eucharist, we are reminded that God loves us, so Loved is a great source of encouragement. People we love them often because hearing that you are They only heard it once a year, they might. Is that because if they don’t hear it everyĭay that they might doubt that we love them? I suppose if We tell our spouses and our children often that we love So that there isn’t sufficient time to forget Christ To encourage us to receive Communion on a frequent basis, Paul intentionally chooses the word “often”, We meet the Lord, because we have Him in our minds, our In receiving Communion we are sustained in our lives until In receiving the Gifts, we are to become Holy and setĪpart, set apart for God and His purposes for our lives. Remember that the Gifts are Holy, they are set apart, and We remember that we cannot beĬontent being ordinary because we have witnessed and We remember that WE can become extraordinary through In bringing ordinary gifts and making them extraordinary, We remember that He came from GodĪnd returned to God, and that we can follow the same path. Remember that He was Resurrected from the dead. We remember that Christ died for our sins. InĬelebrating the Liturgy, we not only partake of Christ,īut we get a refresher course in what it means to be aĬhristian. We receiveĬommunion in order to REMEMBER what Christ did for us. There is a third reason which we often forget. Me.” Second, it allows God to come into us, and itĪffords us the opportunity to touch the Divine God. This all of you.” “Do this in remembrance of “extraordinary.” Do we leave church and act The challenge comes after we receive what is So, when we touch what isĮxtraordinary and Holy, we become extraordinary and holy. You are dirty and take a shower and use a cleaning agent, No longer mere bread and wine, but they are THE Body and They become “Holy,” in the sense that they are They are touched by THE Holy Spirit, they become Substances become “extraordinary.” Because Prayed over and “consecrated,” these ordinary But when they are brought into the church,
There is nothing extraordinaryĪbout bread and wine. The same “ordinary” gifts, bread and wine, and In our church, we celebrate the Eucharist often. The Lord took two very ordinary things,īread and wine, and “consecrated” them to be On Holy Thursday, we commemorate the Institution of I Corinthians 11:23-26 (From the Epistle of the Vesperal Liturgy on Holy Remembrance of me.” For as often as you eat thisīread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’sĭeath until he comes. Remembrance of me.” In the same way also the cup,Īfter supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant Took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and You, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to
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