Eucharist

 

1 Corinthians 10:16 NLT

When we bless the cup at the Lord's Table, do we not partake in the blood of Christ? And when we break the bread, do we not partake in the body of Christ?

Reflection: Today I remembered this biblical passage while reading apologetics for the Eucharist. Here, although the questions are rhetorical, the answer is understood to be positive. If "reading from context" is an exaltation of not eating meat sacrificed to gods while  participating in the Lord's communion, this is part of a letter from Saint Paul. That is to say, the apostles already celebrated the Eucharist and believed in the real presence of Jesus Christ in the consecrated bread and wine. That is, the bread transformed into the Body of Christ and the wine into the Blood of Christ. And this is a translation from a Protestant Bible. Although I've seen that several translations change the words to give it another meaning. I couldn't include the translation on the Vatican website because it doesn't allow copying. Now, why do they forget this passage? It seems to me an affirmation of the Eucharist by the first Christians, even if it's framed as a question. The translation above is from the New Living Translation.

Note: This post was translated using Google Translate option including the Bible verses.  I had to make some corrections within the post, but not to the Bible verses.

"Dives in Misericordia" by Blessed John Paul II

 

In this way, mercy is, in a certain sense, contrasted with divine justice and is revealed, in many cases, not only more powerful than it, but also more profound. The Old Testament already teaches that, although justice is an authentic virtue in man, and in God signifies transcendent perfection, love is nevertheless "greater" than it: it is greater in the sense that it is primary and fundamental. Love, so to speak, conditions justice, and, ultimately, justice serves charity. The primacy and superiority of love over justice (this is characteristic of all revelation) are manifested precisely through mercy. This seemed so clear to the psalmists and prophets that the very term "justice" came to mean the salvation achieved by the Lord and his mercy. Mercy differs from justice, but does not conflict with it, if we admit in human history—as the Old Testament does—the presence of God, who already as Creator has bound himself with a particular love to his creature. Love, by its very nature, excludes hatred and the desire for evil toward the one to whom it has once given itself as a gift: Nihil odisti eorum quae fecisti, "You despise nothing of what you have created." These words indicate the profound foundation of the relationship between justice and mercy in God, in his relations with humanity and the world. They tell us that we must seek the life-giving roots and intimate reasons for this relationship by going back to the "beginning," in the very mystery of creation. And already in the context of the Old Covenant, they foretell the full revelation of God, who "is love."

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 I've had a humble beginning on this blog.  But I've reached my first 1000 views. 1000 thanks to God and to all the visitors.  I hope you've read and beco.e more acquainted with Jesus and his message of hope and salvation.  He died for our sins and laid his life so we could repent and have eternal life with him in paradise and after the final judgement.  He resurrected and he lives forever and is always with us.  Don't despair he is only a prayer away.

I'm always looking for You

 

I'm always looking for You. I haven't seen You.

Never. Do I chase after your impressions? Do I wipe them away?

I long for them, I am filled with anguish, and I do not see them.

I know I don't know how to look for You, and I don't give up.

What compels me to follow You? Why do I insist?

Discovering Your face? My wish

I don't know if it's faith. No, I don't know. I don't know if I believe.

Is there something in this? I don't know. I don't even know if I exist.

But, Lord of my adventures, Christ

From my darkness, hear my sigh.

No, I already suffer through life, I don't even

The night. And if dawn breaks, and I don't see You...

At dawn, I will not be able to tell You: I saw

"Your light, your footsteps on earth, and I believe."

Juan José Domenchina

Salvation

 Jesus is risen

All his love, all his mercy

Has risen with him.

I observe, amazed and in aw

At the empty tomb

That could not contain his glory.

Oh Jesus

Lift me up from my tomb

Cleanse me with your blood

That I may obtain the salvation

You have gained for me on the cross

Oh, Jesus

That I may be saved

And achieve the heaven

And live in your celestial kingdom

Once this life passes from me.

My Heaven here below!...

My Heaven here below!... 

1 Jesus, your ineffable image 

It is the star that guides my steps 

Ah! You know it, your sweet face. 

Heaven is for me here below. 

My love discovers the charms 

From your face, beautified by tears 

I smile through my tears 

When I contemplate your pain… 

2 Oh! I want to console you 

To live ignored on this earth!.... 

Your beauty that you know how to veil 

Its mystery is revealed to me. 

I would like to fly away to you! 

3 Your Face is my only Homeland 

She is my Kingdom of Love 

She is my laughing meadow 

My sweet sunshine every day 

She is the Lily of the Valley 

Including its mysterious fragrance 

Console my exiled soul 

He is given a taste of the peace of Heaven. 

4 She is my Rest, my Sweetness

And my melodious Lyre…. 

Your Face, O my sweet Savior 

Is the Divine Bouquet of Myrrh 

Something I want to keep close to my heart! 

5 Your Face is my only wealth 

I'm not asking for anything more. 

In her, constantly hiding myself 

I will be like you, Jesus…. 

Leave the Divine imprint upon me 

Your features are filled with sweetness 

And soon, I will become a saint 

I will draw hearts towards you. 

6 So that I may amass 

A beautiful golden harvest

 Deign to set me ablaze with your fires. 

Soon from your beloved mouth 

Give me the eternal kiss!.. 

My God, Trinity That I Adore

My God, Trinity whom I adore, help me to forget myself entirely and to be fixed in you, still and tranquil as if my soul were already in eternity. May nothing disturb my peace or draw me away from you, my immutable One; but may every moment immerse me ever deeper into the depths of your mystery.

 Calm my soul, make it your heaven, your beloved home, and your resting place. May I never abandon you, but be present to you, with living faith, immersed in adoration, devoutly abandoned to your creative action.

Jesus, my beloved, crucified for love, I would like to cover you with glory, I would like to love you to the point of death, but I feel my powerlessness and ask you to clothe me in yourself, to identify my soul with all the movements of your soul, to submerge me, to invade me, to replace me, so that my life may be a reflection of your life. Come to me as Adorer, as Repairer, as Savior.

Eternal Word, Word of my God, Christ the Lord, I want to spend my life listening to you, and in the nights of the spirit and in the emptiness I want to always gaze upon you and stand under your great light.

O my beloved star, captivate me so that I can never again escape your radiance.

Burning fire, Spirit of love, come into me and make my soul an incarnation of the Word.

And you, O Father, bend over your poor, little creature, cover her with your shadow!

Oh my “Three”, my All, my Bliss, Infinite Solitude, Immensity in which I lose myself and abandon myself to you.

 Bury yourself in me so that I may bury myself in you, waiting to be able to contemplate in your light the abyss of your greatness.

(Blessed Sister Elizabeth of the Most Holy Trinity)