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    Curious about Salvation

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    Church Volleyball?

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    Stigmata the movie

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    I'm all clean!

    Good deal. :)
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    I'm all clean!

    Also... John 20:21 - before He grants them the authority to forgive sins, Jesus says to the apostles, "as the Father sent me, so I send you." As Christ was sent by the Father to forgive sins, so Christ sends the apostles and their successors forgive sins. John 20:22 - the Lord "breathes"...
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    I'm all clean!

    No problem Gabriel, I won't take offense. ;) We believe that Jesus gave the authority to forgive (or to not forgive sins) to the apostles. That is very much biblical, check out James 15:26, and John 20:23, for reference. Now, it is not the priest himself forgiving, it is the priest...
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    Communion question

    No, that was perfect nyj! Thanks!! And that even makes John 6 make more sense to me now!
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    Communion question

    Interesting. So I am not quite understanding what "substance" truly means. This is kind of confusing. :scratch: So its not the physical properties that are changed? Just something else, which we can't perceive physically?
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    Communion question

    I thought the substance of the bread and wine changed. How is it possible that wheat or alchohol is still present?
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    Communion question

    Jason- Actually, if you receive EITHER the bread OR the cup, you have already received BOTH the Body and the Blood. You don't have to partake of both "species" to receive both species.
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    I'm all clean!

    So am I, it feels great afterwards. Also, our priest has a good analogy for the whole process. On judgement day, imagine that we have to watch a videotape of our lives. All of the bad things that are on the tape, we need to face up to. But some parts of the tape are missing, they have been...
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    Does the Pope have an email address???

    You know, its funny. People always plan on telling the Pope off, but when they get to see him face-to-face, they are awe struck by the Holy Spirit and lose their desire to tear into him. Budge, if you ever met him, I wager you wouldn't even open your mouth.
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    I'm all clean!

    Oh yes, I felt great all day. :) The funny thing was that I kept trying to be very careful not to mess up my clean slate by doing or thinking anything bad, heh.