The Eucharist | Part Onewith Fr. Chad E. Jarnagin We see that it is not the task of Christianity to provide easy answers to every question, but to make us progressively aware of a mystery. God is not so much the object of our knowledge as the cause of our wonder.― Kallistos Ware, The Orthodox WayUnderstanding the EucharistLiturgy is participation, not simply observation. If you get off track in the liturgy, don’t worry. Just relax in the moment and make yourself peacefully present to, and alert to the Holy Spirit. Allow yourself to be immersed in the community around you—in song, prayer, word, silence…"You don't think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking." ― Henri J.M. NouwenWe tend to think that the Eucharist is something that we do, but it is more. Justin Marter doesn’t describe a Christ who lived in the past in a far off land disconnected from their reality and context. He is describing what happens everytime we worship. We encounter the true presence of our Lord as the disciples did on their road to Emmaus. This should help us see worship in a different light. We have 1800 years of evolution of the church, and though we have many different families of the Eucharist, essentially they all bear the early form of the early Church. The patterns are found in the Orthodox Church, Catholic, and Anglican Church, as well as others.This is simply an introduction into an ancient and beautiful practice.
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