However, sometimes the Eucharist is distributed outside of Mass. First, why are we not doing Communion Services? Since the Eucharist is consecrated at Mass, the Mass is the best place to receive communion-which we all realize quite naturally. I’ve asked myself that question as well, and the answer was more interesting and more satisfying than I expected. This year, we will instead be celebrating the Liturgy of the Hours. In previous years (and on some other occasions), perhaps we would have gone to a Communion Service. This year, during the Priest Convocation, this means that we can’t receive Jesus every day, as we’re used to. However, for many of us, we don’t have the flexibility to traverse the Twin Cities in search of Mass. Since her calling as a sister makes it essential for her to go to Mass every day, I’m sure she will find some place that still has Mass this week (perhaps using our handy list!). Religious sisters devote themselves so totally to God that their relationship with Jesus is as unique for them as that between husband and wife.
She is a religious sister, and actually went to grade school here at Nativity of Mary! Her family still lives in Minnesota, and this very week she is making her triannual visit to see her parents and relatives in the area.Īs you have likely felt yourselves, the absence of the priests right now means that it will be a challenge for her to receive the Eucharist. This is the phrase that my godmother uses to begin all her letters. Praying for the Dead: Recent Funerals at Nativity of Mary.
Brown admitted that no ordained ministerial priesthood for Christians could be found in the pages of the New Testament, and recognized the language that the Book of Hebrews employs in passages such as 10:12-14. "For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect." (Matthew 24:24) Strangely, this concept involves theophagy, which was found in the pagan religion of Mithraism which flourished throughout the Roman Empire for centuries.Īs for the "Alter Christus" label assigned to Roman Catholic priests, it would be wise for us to heed the Lord's warning: These are only some of the observations that can be made against the Romish dogma of transubstantiation. The wine becomes My blood."īut the Scripture still calls the bread and wine by the same label, even after the supposed transformation was to take place. If the Catholics are right, then I am sure that our Lord Jesus Christ would have said of the communion elements, "The bread becomes My body. It is unfortunate to see how otherwise brilliant people can fall for a doctrine that requires throwing common sense out the door. If the Lord's Supper was truly a Mass service, then how could Jesus be sitting there at the same time proclaiming the bread and wine to be His literal flesh and blood? Would He not be holding Himself? Did He eat Himself, as well? I agree that the literalist interpretation of the Lord's Supper is ridiculous.