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Suspension of the Sacraments of the Church…

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At the end of March, the Dioceses of Saint Augustine Florida Bishop stopped all Masses, and all forms of the Sacraments of the Church to the lay people.  Churches where closed and locked down and the Priest were no longer to hold Mass, offer up the Host, hear confessions, etc.  Prior to this, in violation of Canon and Tradition, he stopped the ability to receive Communion by mouth.

These actions are very much in violation of God’s orders on His faithful, the Canon of the Church, and the Traditions of the Church.  In fact, in times past, when health or other issues and hard times came up the Priest of the Church INCREASED the availability of Mass and the Sacraments.  Priest historically have gone out of their way to provide to their “flock” and keep them in communion with the Church and God.

It saddens and sickens me that we have fallen to this level of giving up on God and not following His commands.  From the highest levels of the Church down.  And no one, at least local to me, seems to want to do anything about it.  This is VERY disheartening and not good for the People of God.

Much prayer is need by and for the Priest to get back on track and re-open the Churches and back to providing the Sacraments of the Church!

Take an example, for once, of the non-Catholic churches in California, they are opening up without permission and counter to the orders of their Governor..

In Christ

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Receiving the Host in the hand…

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My current Church in Gainesville FL posted a notice in the weekly bulletin this week that to receive the host in the hand was valid and preferred way to receive the host.  I am not sure I agree with this at all.

Too many of our Saints (as sanctioned by the Church) have stated that we should be receiving ONLY by the mouth, preferably by ONLY a Priest or Deacon should be administering the Communion and rarely by Acolyte (which should be male as well).  There have been many stories by our Saints and Visionaries stating that doing so otherwise was bad for us, and counted against us in the end, in not showing proper respect to God.

We were also told that we should not be kneeling, but standing and “bowing our head” and receiving by hand.

I think it is time to bring back the kneeling rails and going back to the old way of receiving, on our knees (for those that do not have health issues stopping them from kneeling) and by mouth.  By the Priest and Deacons and the rare Acolyte…

Your thoughts?

 

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Communion – Holy Eucharist – Part Two

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In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word for Worship (or to bow down) was hishtakhavah.  In each occasion of the use of this word (Gen 22:5 is the first use) worship consisted of a sacrifice (or in some rarer cases bowing down).  In the New Testament Greek was used, but the same meaning was attributed to that word.  In each case, the sacrifice dealt with a food (meat in most cases, unleavened bread in others) and blood.  This was as decreed by God as a reminder of the Covenant with God and His people.

In the New Testament, Jesus ends that Covenant, and creates a new Covenant with the People of God through His Death and Resurrection.  The new Sacrifice He requires is the Sacrifice of the Eucharist, which also becomes the Sacrament of the Eucharist in our consuming of His Body and Blood.

Justin Martyr wrote between 150-155 the “First Apology” to the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius a large book in which he outlines the liturgy of the times from the times of the Apostles until that time:  “Then we all rise together and pray, and, as we before said, when our prayer is ended, bread and wine and water are brought, and the president (priest) in like manner offers prayers and thanksgivings … and the people assent, saying Amen; and there is a distribution to each, and a participation of that over which thanks have been given, and to those who are absent a portion is sent by the deacons.”

Martin Luther, the leading “Founder” of the Protestant religions, was VERY adamant on the fact that the Eucharist WAS the body and blood of Christ.  He fought for this being the 15th of was finally 14 agreed upon “foundations” for Protestantism.  Zwingli being the leading force in NOT allowing it as a foundation, by stating that Jesus could not be everywhere.  The Lutheran Church continued to believe in the Eucharist as being the living Body and Blood of Christ for many years.  (Some “sects” of the Lutheran Church no longer accept it, some still do.)

In today’s Mass of the Catholic Church, we recreate that Sacrifice of Jesus to God on our behalf, and the accept his Body and Blood as He requires of us though the Bible.

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