Communion Bread

[brinny]

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).

Jesus used the bread that was available, just common bread, didn't He? It wasn't the bread that was "special" but what it represented, isn't that true? The focus, as each one partook of the bread and wine was Jesus, and not said bread and wine, wasn't it? He said to do this in remembrance of Him. The whole point is HIM, and not the bread or wine, isn't it?

"And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me." ~I Corinthians 11:24

 

[OrthodoxyUSA]

The prayers of the 'Anophora' are truly orthodox.

God be gracious to me a sinner.

 

[OrthodoxyUSA]

Jesus used the bread that was available, just common bread, didn't He? It wasn't the bread that was "special" but what it represented, isn't that true? The focus, as each one partook of the bread and wine was Jesus, and not said bread and wine, wasn't it? He said to do this in remembrance of Him. The whole point is HIM, and not the bread or wine, isn't it?

"And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me." ~I Corinthians 11:24

Yes mam, he used prosphora. Common bread. Not unleavened bread.

God be gracious to me a sinner.

 

[brinny]

Originally Posted by brinny View Post
Jesus used the bread that was available, just common bread, didn't He? It wasn't the bread that was "special" but what it represented, isn't that true? The focus, as each one partook of the bread and wine was Jesus, and not said bread and wine, wasn't it? He said to do this in remembrance of Him. The whole point is HIM, and not the bread or wine, isn't it?

"And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me." ~I Corinthians 11:24

Yes mam, he used prosphora. Common bread. Not unleavened bread.

God be gracious to me a sinner.

I trust you understood my point, of Who the focus is on, sir?

 

[OrthodoxyUSA]

I trust you understood my point, of Who the focus is on, sir?

Without a doubt. "This is my body", "This is my blood".

God be gracious to me a sinner.

 

[brinny]

Originally Posted by brinny View Post
I trust you understood my point, of Who the focus is on, sir?

Without a doubt. "This is my body", "This is my blood".

God be gracious to me a sinner.

Bless yer heart, perhaps we don't quite see eye to eye, but you are still beloved in Christ. God bless you, your family and your household.

 

[OrthodoxyUSA]

Bless yer heart, perhaps we don't quite see eye to eye, but you are still beloved in Christ. God bless you, your family and your household.

Merry Christmas brinny!

God be gracious to me a sinner.

 

[brinny]

Merry Christmas to you too, kind sir

 

[LittleLambofJesus]

Originally Posted by JacktheCatholic

... 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.
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Hogwash.

I have never tried that at communion.....Is that a new thang?.......


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[The Captain]

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.

Outstanding post

 

[Willie T]

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.

Yep. Even in Fritos & Pepsi. I often think we have to actually learn how to complicate it all.

 

[Tangible]

Of course, if we don't tell our children the truth, that's our own fault.

 

[OrthodoxyUSA]

Yep. Even in Fritos & Pepsi. I often think we have to actually learn how to complicate it all.

The Orthodox Church takes the position that it's not ours to change, and we continue to practice what we have been given by the Apostles, no matter what.

God be gracious to me a sinner.

 

[GratiaCorpusChristi]

Yep. Even in Fritos & Pepsi. I often think we have to actually learn how to complicate it all.

Christ didn't consecrate Pepsi for the purpose of celebrating his death and return. He consecrated wine for that purpose.

 

[PaladinValer]

Yep. Even in Fritos & Pepsi. I often think we have to actually learn how to complicate it all.

I still await a reply.

 

[LittleLambofJesus]

Originally Posted by Willie T

Yep. Even in Fritos & Pepsi. I often think we have to actually learn how to complicate it all.
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Christ didn't consecrate Pepsi for the purpose of celebrating his death and return.
He consecrated wine for that purpose.

I still await a reply.

Me too.

 

[Willie T]

If you guys can't see the answers from what has already been posted, then nothing I can say will open your eyes.

In the Army, I've watched Catholics with no priest around, do their own communion on the hood of a jeep with K-ration crackers and water. And no "official" there to dial up some special circumstances clause. They did the same things us heathens did on the same jeep hood... at the same time.

We all knew Jesus said to remember Him, not to be sure to get the actions and order down just right.

 

[OrthodoxyUSA]

If you guys can't see the answers from what has already been posted, then nothing I can say will open your eyes.

In the Army, I've watched Catholics with no priest around, do their own communion on the hood of a jeep with K-ration crackers and water. And no "official" there to dial up some special circumstances clause. They did the same things us heathens did on the same jeep hood... at the same time.

We all knew Jesus said to remember Him, not to be sure to get the actions and order down just right.

Willie,

Did any of 'that' wind up in the trash or on the ground afterward? I'm asking, how was it treated after they prayed and asked The Holy Spirit to descend and change this into the body and blood of Our Lord? Interesting that you say Catholics did this with no clergy. I'm not doubting you, but they most likely had serious reservations about doing communion this way. I speculate they were uneducated Catholics at best.

God be gracious to me a sinner.

 

[Willie T]

Honestly, I think you'd fight God's love and grace right to the mouth of the grave, just to say you performed some ritual precisely.

 

[OrthodoxyUSA]

Honestly, I think you'd fight God's love and grace right to the mouth of the grave.

Me? You are mistaken.

God be gracious to me a sinner.