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Originally Posted by Cal Fullerton
Wow, Australia! It's neat to talk to someone from the other side of the globe.
If you haven't done what he wanted of you in the past—and who of us always has?—then all we have to do is say "I'm sorry," and do what he wants us to do right now. Then the past is gone, God has forgiven it, it is all "under the blood," as we like to say in the charismatic movement. Corrie Ten Boom, who suffered greatly during the Holocaust, said once that our sins are cast into a sea of forgetfulness, and God put up sign saying "NO FISHING"!
If you worry that you are not doing what he wants of you now, it could be the Accuser (the devil) lying to you. Or it might be the conviction of the Holy Spirit, in which case you can ask God what specifically it is that he wants you do to. When he tells you, ask him to give you strength and desire to do it; then do it! Everything will work out for the best in the long run. He knows what he's doing and he loves you with an undying, unwavering love.
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Thank you for that and God bless you.
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Originally Posted by Cal Fullerton
It sounds like the Eucharist is a great blessing to you. I wonder why Catholics seem to stress the Jesus in the Eucharist rather than the Jesus that comes into their hearts through the Eucharist?
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There is only one Jesus. He is not 'in' the Eucharist. The Eucharist IS Jesus. Words are just so inadequate to express this Mystery. I guess I just am not quite understanding your differentiation ('in' or 'through').
The reception of the Eucharist, the actual Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus, is far superior to a spiritual communion, spiritually speaking. It is the actual joining of our bodies, our flesh, His and ours, so that our fallen flesh may be raised with His Risen Flesh, bringing us to eternal life.
As we say in one of the Mysteries of Faith:
Dying, you destroyed our death;
Rising, you restored our life.
Lord Jesus, come in glory.
and one of the prayers the priest prays during consecration:
May we come to share in the divinity of Christ, as He humbled Himself to share in our humanity.
If we do not share in His Risen Flesh, we do not share in His Life, His Resurrection.
We hope and pray that those who are unaware of this may be saved through the mercy of God, but we know only this way, the way He has taught us.
Then the Jews started arguing with one another: "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" they said. Jesus replied:
"I tell you most solemnly,
if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man
and drink his blood,
you will not have life in you.
Anyone who does eat my flesh and drink my blood
has eternal life,
and I shall raise him up on the last day.
For my flesh is real food
and my blood is real drink.
He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood
lives in me
and I live in him.
As I, who am sent by the living Father,
myself draw life from the Father,
so whoever eats me will draw life from me.
This is the bread come down from heaven;
not like the bread our ancestors ate:
they are dead,
but anyone who eats this bread will live for ever."
Words on the Holy Eucharist
Re: SPLIT: The Eucharist in Scripture and Catholic teaching.
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