Pita bread for communion

[Rhamiel]

As a snack?

my dear sister in Christ
OBOB is a safe haven, we should not abuse such a protection by baiting people who subscribe to denominations

 

[jacks]

As a snack?

Don't be silly...our cups were much smaller.

 

[PilgrimToChrist]

Don't be silly...our cups were much smaller.

I've never understood why some groups use those little cups of grape juice, it seems so terribly wasteful. Do we see massive outbreaks of disease where people share the same chalice?

At mine, the chalice is reserved for the celebrant so that's another way to solve the issue.

See, I'm not sure that this is a whole lot better than that:

 

[jacks]

I've never understood why some groups use those little cups of grape juice, it seems so terribly wasteful. Do we see massive outbreaks of disease where people share the same chalice?

At mine, the chalice is reserved for the celebrant so that's another way to solve the issue.

See, I'm not sure that this is a whole lot better than that:

Just remember since they broke the chalice from the palace the pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon; the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true.

 

[Rebekka]

You can bake unleavened bread that looks pita-ish. At my primary school we had a passover meal once and we baked our own unleavened bread. Didn't look like any sort of wafer, more like pita.

 

[_Shannon_]

I see what you mean, but what I like about the wafers is that since i never eat anything like that apart from Communion, I associate them only with the Eucharist.... I guess that makes it more special in a way

YEah--I haven't thought of it that way. That's a great way to look at it.

 

[_Shannon_]

I thought the wafer was supposed to be Jesus' Flesh not bread

Well it is supposed to have the accidental properties of bread. LOL! Not styrofoam.

 

[JimR-OCDS]

The Catholic priest at the university used to have people from the community bake wheat-only unleavened bread for the Eucharist. It was kind of like a pita but there were no pockets. He got in trouble with the bishop, though, and had to start using the paper-thin wafers again.

Why? According to the teaching, unleavened bread made from wheat is licit.

Jim

 

[JimR-OCDS]

It was probably more dense and may not have been wheat, but could have been barley or some other grain or a mix of grains possibly couldn't it have been? Perhaps sprouted grain like ezekiel bread? It was most likely not wafer thin.

Actualy, Passover bread had to be made from wheat, or Matzo Meal, which is made from wheat.


Jim

 

[christianmomof3]

In the Bible, leaven represents evil things and doctrines. Matt. 13:33; 16:6, 11-12; 1 Cor 5:6-8

 

[JimR-OCDS]

PilgrimToChrist

The Institution of the Eucharist was not a Passover meal.

Its more probable that it was, according to Scripture;

On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples approached Jesus and said, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

He said, "Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, 'The teacher says, "My appointed time draws near; in your house I shall celebrate the Passover with my disciples."'"
The disciples then did as Jesus had ordered, and prepared the Passover.
Matthew 26:17-19

Also, the Seder meal is the covenant between God and the Jews. Jesus sets up the new covenant, before the final portion of the Seder.

They were within the Seder meal, when Jesus established the Eucharist.

While they were eating, Jesus took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and giving it to his disciples said, "Take and eat; this is my body."
Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which will be shed on behalf of many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you, from now on I shall not drink this fruit of the vine until the day when I drink it with you new in the kingdom of my Father."
Matthew 26: 26-30

This final part, is the last part of a Seder meal. Jewish converts I know, recognize the Mass in this part of the Seder.

Jim

 

[JimR-OCDS]

The difference between pita bread and flat bread, is that in order to make a Pita pocket, you have to add yeast. Otherwise its just flat bread,
and its licit for communion.

The use of wafers is a matter of logistics.

They're easier to make, ship and handle for large distributions.

Also, the wafers don't spoil as fast as other breads would because they're so thin they're baked right through.


Jim

 

[QuantaCura]

In the Bible, leaven represents evil things and doctrines. Matt. 13:33; 16:6, 11-12; 1 Cor 5:6-8

In Matt. 13:33 it represents the spread of the Kingdom of God.

 

[QuantaCura]

As an aside, I was in Wyoming once and in Jackson Hole there was a very beautiful church and lots of Franciscans (I think that was their order--their habits were either brown or gray) walking around town--I think the church was Our Lady of the Mountains. It was a great sight!

I went to Mass at a mission in Dubois--Our Lady of the Woods. It was small, but I didn't see anything irreverent or stripped down.

 

[christianmomof3]

In Matt. 13:33 it represents the spread of the Kingdom of God.

In Matt. 13:33, the leaven represents corruption in the kingdom - just as vs 24-30 are about the tares among the wheat - the false believers - and the mustard seed which grows into a tree shows abnormal growth and the birds, like those in vs 4 and 19 are evil, so are the birds roosting in the overgrown mustard seed that has grown into a tree and the leaven is also evil things and teachings that have crept into the kingdom. Those verses all tell about negative conditions in the church.