Communion Bread

[sunlover1]

Whatever you set in front of me.
it's not what goes into the mouth
but more what comes out.
imo

 

[WisdomTree]

Oi, those wafers are delicious!

 

[Cappadocious]

Artos

 

[Keachian]

We either have diced bread or a loaf which we individually tear and dip in the juice.

 

[ebia]

We either have diced bread or a loaf which we individually tear and dip in the juice.

Sounds repulsive.

 

[Keachian]

Sounds repulsive.

The tearing reminds me that it was my actions that broke the Son, the dipping reminds me that is was his blood that covered my actions. The taste is irrelevant when I am feeding on these truths and Christ himself.

 

[Rhamiel]

We either have diced bread or a loaf which we individually tear and dip in the juice.

the loaf of bread where you rip off a chunk and dip it in juice, that is how they used to do it at my moms church
she is a member of the United Methodist

 

[JacktheCatholic]

God instituted the Eucharist so that all men in all later time would be able to partake of the ultimate sacrifice of God as the Lamb of God. It must be wheat bread and made from human hands and consecrated by a priest/bishop who was ordained from an unbroken line that goes back to the Apostles and thus Jesus.

The taste and appearance do not matter, because it IS the body and blood of Jesus. So, why would anyone choose what they want God to be? God is and we ought to be grateful.

Does anyone actually prefer the tasteless wafers or oyster crackers to the real bread you sometimes see?

Ten times out of ten I prefer this...

...to these:

And, I think it's more liturgically and theologically appropriate to have members of the community actually making the bread and bringing it forward at the offering (or during a pre-service Matins or liturgy of preparation).

 

[Willie T]

Boy have we messed up what Jesus, so simply, asked us to do.

Communion - misconceptions - YouTube

 

[OrthodoxyUSA]

I am partial to this of course

It is made by members of our community (and our youth also learn how to make it as part of their 'catechism', which is wonderful).

Yep!

God be gracious to me a sinner.

 

[Tangible]

Boy have we messed up what Jesus, so simply, asked us to do.

Communion - misconceptions - YouTube

Ever give your kids a wonderful gift, amazingly useful and very expensive, only to watch them choose to play with the box?

When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.

 

[PaladinValer]

Boy have we messed up what Jesus, so simply, asked us to do.

Can my question be answered please?

 

[The Captain]

Back when I was in high school our youth group served "Communion" with Doritos and Pepsi.

Ugh

 

[Willie T]

Ever give your kids a wonderful gift, amazingly useful and very expensive, only to watch them choose to play with the box?

When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.

Yes, isn't it remarkable when children can understand the simplicity of truth, while we have clouded the same thing with extraneous trimmings and tradition?

 

[LittleLambofJesus]

Originally Posted by ViaCrucis

Back when I was in high school our youth group served "Communion" with Doritos and Pepsi.
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What denomination did that back then?


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[The Captain]

I am partial to this of course ...

That is amazing, and what a blessing to those who have the privilege of making it!

 

[OrthodoxyUSA]

What denomination did that back then?


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Lol!

God be gracious to me a sinner.

 

[Tangible]

Yes, isn't it remarkable when children can understand the simplicity of truth, while we have clouded the same thing with extraneous trimmings and tradition?

Yes children have an amazing capacity to believe simple truths. Children also have the ability to take people at their word without analyzing and denying because it doesn't make sense.

When I tell my children that Christ is truly present for us in the bread and wine of Holy Communion, they simply believe what God has told us very simply in his word.

Perhaps that's part of what "as a little child" is all about.

 

[OrthodoxyUSA]

Yes children have an amazing capacity to believe simple truths. Children also have the ability to take people at their word without analyzing and denying because it doesn't make sense.

When I tell my children that Christ is truly present for us in the bread and wine of Holy Communion, they simply believe what God has told us very simply in his word.

Perhaps that's part of what "as a little child" is all about.

QFT!

God be gracious to me a sinner.

 

[ptomwebster]

... It must be wheat bread and made from human hands and consecrated by a priest/bishop who was ordained from an unbroken line that goes back to the Apostles and thus Jesus.

...

To each his own.