Dave Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 A couple weeks ago Tammy Faye Messner was on Larry King's show, and she was discussing how she was recently diagnosed with lung cancer and how she's receiving treatment for it. She added that God has been giving her strength, and she's also been participating in Communion a lot (at least her version of it). She said a friend of hers suggested it one day, and they both ate a piece of bread and drank some water -- right at home. Tammy Faye said she's been doing that a lot ever since then and that it helps her to remember Jesus. It made me feel said that she doesn't know the joy of really, I mean REALLY, receiving Jesus in Holy Communion. Let's pray for the conversion of our separated brethren! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 24, 2004 Author Share Posted April 24, 2004 No one's gonna comment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 yeah that is pretty sad... think how much more comforting the actual Eucharist would be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livin_the_MASS Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 [quote name='Dave' date='Apr 21 2004, 11:17 AM'] A couple weeks ago Tammy Faye Messner was on Larry King's show, and she was discussing how she was recently diagnosed with lung cancer and how she's receiving treatment for it. She added that God has been giving her strength, and she's also been participating in Communion a lot (at least her version of it). She said a friend of hers suggested it one day, and they both ate a piece of bread and drank some water -- right at home. Tammy Faye said she's been doing that a lot ever since then and that it helps her to remember Jesus. It made me feel said that she doesn't know the joy of really, I mean REALLY, receiving Jesus in Holy Communion. Let's pray for the conversion of our separated brethren! [/quote] They do it at home? Yes this is very sad, No one can really understand St. Paul when he said "it is no longer I but Christ who lives in me." One thing I don't get is alot of Protestants have problem with priest's yet there all over the Old Testament, and they don't understand that it has to a priest from a Catholic Church to make it His Body and His Blood, because the priest acts in the person of Christ. Yes Dave it is very sad, they are missing out on awesome thing heaven on earth and Our God uniting to us in the most intimate way. God Bless Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcePrincessKRS Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 I agree with you, Dave. Lets pray for people who do not know the utter joy of truly receiving Jesus in the Eucharist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willguy Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 I have (non-catholic) friends who are like "Communion is so cool, I feel so close to God" and I just think "You have no idea. You want to feel close to God? Imagine having Him physically come down from heaven and become intimately part of you. Imagine participating in the eternal sacrifice of Christ." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreepyCrawler Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 i went to a reformed church once and their liturgy is pretty similar to ours and i looked at the cups where the wine goes and they were ceramic and i was shocked and thought "Jesus can't be in CERAMIC cups!" but then i thought, oh, it's not Jesus. and then i was really sad. i missed my Jesus. (apologies for sounding 10 yrs old) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 No apologies necessary, CreepyCrawler. Our separated brethren really don't know what they're missing; it is sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God Conquers Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 [quote]and then i was really sad. i missed my Jesus.[/quote] haha, that's awesome. I think reformed churches at least have closed communion. I just think... how can you survive on just crackers and juice... spiritually, you can't go any deeper than the eucharist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 [quote name='God Conquers' date='Apr 25 2004, 09:33 PM'] haha, that's awesome. I think reformed churches at least have closed communion. I just think... how can you survive on just crackers and juice... spiritually, you can't go any deeper than the eucharist. [/quote] Some Reformed churches do practice closed communion (everyone who participates must have been interviewed by the elders) but this isn't true of all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiat_Voluntas_Tua Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 For me, life without the Eucharist wouldn't be much a life. Pax et Agape per Maria, Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusader1234 Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 i feel close to god at communion and at the end of confessin. somoene should tell her how good they feel! if shes an OSAS christian what does she hve to lose by converting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katholikos Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 Dave, this is yet another pathetic example of the fallout from the so-called Reformation. As Philip Melanchthon, Luther's sidekick in the Deformation and author of the [i]Augsburg Confession[/i], wrote: "All the waters of the Elbe would not yield me tears sufficient to weep for the miseries caused by the Reformation" [i]Epistles, Book IV, Ep. 100[/i]. To think of two people sitting together 'communing' with their bread and water makes me weep. It reminds me of the words of Christ (Mt 7:9-10, paraphrased): ". . . if they asked for bread, would I give them a stone?" Christ gives us the 'REAL THING.' Pity those who know it not and pray for their salvation! For Christ also said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you" (Jn 6:53) Would I want to be facing the Big C without the Eucharist? No way! JMJ Likos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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