Eucharist - St. John Damascene

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"The Body is truly united to divinty, the Body which was from that of the holy Virgin; not that the Body which was taken up comes back down from heaven, but that the bread itself and the wine are made over into the Body and Blood of God.

If you inquire into the way in which this happens, let it suffice for you to hear that it is through the Holy Spirit, just as it was through the Holy Spirit that the Lord took on Himself from the Holy Mother of God the flesh that subsisted in Himself. More than this we do not know, except the word of God is true and effective and all-powerful; but the manner [of the Eucharistic transformation] is inscrutable. It were not badly put, were one to say this: that just as the bread in the natural process of eating, and the wine and water in drinking, are changed into the body and blood of the one eating and drinking, and do not become another body than his former body, so too the bread on the credence table, and also the wine and water, through the epiclesis and coming of the Holy Spirit, are supernaturally changed into the Body of Christ and into His Blood, and they are not two but one and the same.

For those who partake worthily and with faith, it is for the remission of sins and for life everlasting, and a safeguard to soul and body….The Bread and the Wine are not a type of the Body and Blood of Christ, --perish the thought!-- but the deified Body Itself of the Lord, since the Lord Himself has said: "This is My Body." He did not say a type of His Body, but His Body; nor a type of His Blood, but His Blood…."

(emphasis mine)

Remember, at the beginning of Mass we are forgiven our venial sins - make sure to get there early and to prepare yourself to receive the Lord of lords worthily! (And regular confession is highley recommended. ;) )


 
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I am a HUGE fan of St. John of Damascus. His writings defending iconography are most powerful. He is a great saint. As for Eucharist, you are right. Make sure you have plenty of time to prepare. In the Orthodox Church we are required to fast from midnight on before partaking of the Eucharist and must make sure we attend confession regularly.
 
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