The Eucharist And The Jews Traditions

[MC Just]

http://hebrewcatholic.org/PrayerandSpiritu...istjewishm.html

Shekinah is the central concept of this mysticism. Father Elias Friedman in his writings mentions this understanding of Shekinah in regards to the Eucharistic Presence of Jesus in the Tabernacles of the Catholic Church. Just as the Shekinah dwelt in the Temple of Solomon so the Shekinah in the flesh was Yeshuah and now dwells in the tabernacles of the world. Thus the central concept of both Jewish and Catholic mysticism is the Divine Presence (Shekinah). A study of the Jewish Mystical tradition in the light of the Eucharist is, in my opinion, essential in the future development of a Hebrew Catholic spirituality that would enrich the whole Church. Adoration of the Shekinah is the central activity of the Jewish mystics just as Eucharistic Adoration is the central activity of the Catholic mystics. These adorers in the Jewish traditions are called the Reapers of the Field or Comrades. The present Pope is calling all of us to grow in our personal relationship with Yeshuah through Eucharistic Adoration. On 13 June 1993 at the Eucharistic Congress in Seville, Spain the Pope called on all parishes and Christian communities to establish Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration. The Church in the U.S. has responded generously to this call with over 1000 parishes now having Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration.

Edited August 22, 2003 by Mc-Just†

[MC Just]

The Bride and the Bridegroom

In this interpretation the Bride (Kallah) is called the Kehal (the Community, Church, Assembly, Synagogue, Ekklesia) and is the bearer to mankind of the Torah and the Divine Presence. Thus the Jewish tradition proclaims that the Torah which is the Word of God (Dabar), and the Divine Presence are the possession of the Community (Kehal or Kehilla) of God’s People. In the Catholic sense this is the bride of St. Paul’s writings ­ the Church ­ which is the bearer of the Word of God and the Sacraments that make the Divine Presence really present in the life of the believer. That the Song of Songs is a mystical writing is proclaimed by both the Jewish Tradition and the Church Fathers. The Mystery of the Church (or Body of Christ) is explained in symbols through the love of the Bridegroom (Hatan) for his Bride (Kallah).

Jesus himself drew on this imagery and referred to himself as the Bridegroom and His disciples as the children of the Huppah (the Marriage Canopy). This is why the Blessed Sacrament, when it is processed, is covered by the Huppah of the New Covenant. Paul also explains the mystery of the Church in this mystical language drawn from the Jewish tradition. As the Jewish bride circles round the bridegroom, so the Church revolves around Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.

The Heavenly Portal

The Kabbalah states that the portal or gateway to the mystical realm of the Heavenlies is through the Holy Apple Orchard or Shekinah. Thus we can say that the Eucharistic Presence in the Tabernacle is the portal or gateway to ascending to the Heavenlies and the mysteries of the Holy Trinity. The following prayer-praise is recited during the Jewish Sabbath evening meal.

“Prepare the feast of perfect faith, the joy of the Holy King. Prepare the feast of the King. This is the feast of the Field of Sacred Apples. And the Miniature Presence and the Holy Ancient One come to feast with it. I will cut away (the accusers) with praises, bringing them up through the portals that are in the Apple Orchard, for they are holy. Let us now invite (the Shekinah) with a newly laid tableÉ”

This links the earthly Sabbath meal with the Heavenly Wedding Feast. The Sabbath itself is called the Sabbath Bride or Queen in the Jewish liturgy for the Sabbath. Thus we see that the Sabbath meal is associated with the Heavenly banquet or Wedding Feast in connection with the Shekinah as the kingly bridegroom and the Sabbath as the queenly bride ­ the linking the Sabbath meal with the Song of Songs. In the New Covenant the Sabbath meal along with all the festival meals is transformed into the Mass as the Wedding Feast of the Eucharistic King. Thus the Jewish Sabbath Meal is a type of the Mass and Eucharist.

Edited August 22, 2003 by Mc-Just†

[MC Just]

The Sabbath Queen

The Sabbath Bride or Queen is an image or type of Our Lady and the Church. Our Lady is the Sabbath Queen for whom Catholics honour each Saturday as a feast day of Our Lady, and the Jews unknowingly invoke her in song as the Sabbath Queen. The Orthodox Jews sing the song Lechah Dodi (Come my Beloved) each Sabbath to welcome the Sabbath Queen. The title alone links in to the Song of Songs. It concludes with:

“Enter, O bride! Enter, O bride, enter O bride, the Sabbath Queen, Come my Beloved to greet the bride ­ the Sabbath Presence, let us welcome!”.

[MC Just]

Interesting Material huh>?

[Jake Huether]

VERY!

On our honemoon, Erika and I met a Jewish couple. Oddley enough we got along with them the best. It got me thinking... If Christ hadn't come, we would be just like them (doing the same exact things, etc.). And potentially, for them, when their "saviour" comes (which he already did), then they would be doing the exact same things as us! They are an integral part of our belief! They are seperated by one GIGANTIC, yet simple, aspect of faith!

[MC Just]

Exactly When the Jews do convert our Church will be packed full. Why? Because it is the fullfillment of the Old Law. It contains so much Jewish tradition and truth. It can be seen in the Old Testament and as I have just found out in the Orthadox Jews Traditions. Not "Traditions" of man which the new testament condemns but Tradition brought upon by God. I think this is amazing information.

Edited August 22, 2003 by Mc-Just†

[MC Just]

Iron Monk, Jas Jis, Katolikos. whaddya think of all this?

[Aloysius]

i'm not any of the three ppl mentioned ... but i think it's SWEET!

GO HEBREW CATHOLICS!!!!!!!!!

Pax Christi

[Lil Red]

Isn't Kabbalah what Madonna practices?

[cmotherofpirl]

and... until the jews convert and the fullness of the gentiles convert the endtimes are not upon us

[cmotherofpirl]

i can't get the link to work

[Good Friday]

Isn't Kabbalah what Madonna practices?

Having formerly been a neo-pagan, I know a little bit about the Kabbalah. When I briefly studied it, it seemed to me that there were three forms of Kabbalah: Authentic Kabbalah, Occult Kabbalah, and New Age Kabbalah.

Authentic Kabbalah is the authentic and legitimate mystical tradition passed down by and to the Jews, and only the Jews really know the keys to the authentic Kabbalah. It was very popular among Jews in the Middle Ages, and there were also many Christians who studied it in the Middle Ages, but I don't think many practiced it because it contains elements that would be considered magical and/or superstitious by the Church, and thus is wrong. However, Authentic Kabbalah has more to do with mysticism than magic. Among the Jews, it's focused on getting closer to God (as is all mysticism), not on magic.

Occult Kabbalah is derived from Authentic Kabbalah, but it's not the same thing. For one thing, there can be no doubt that the Occult Kabbalah lacks some of the things the Authentic Kabbalah has. In the Occult Kabbalah, the emphasis tends to be on the magic and the ritual rather than on the mysticism. This tends to be popular today among members of secret societies like the Order of the Golden Dawn, the Rosicrucians, etc.

New Age Kabbalah has very little to do with the two higher forms of Kabbalah. Basically, New Age Kabbalah is a different way of expressing the same beliefs expressed in all New Age practices. It's not really Jewish mysticism, it's New Age beliefs dressed up in Jewish terms. Usually, those who practice New Age Kabbalah know nothing or very little about the two higher forms. This is because the New Age, being very flawed and subjective, lacks the capacity to understand the superior and very concrete concepts of Authentic Kabbalah and Occult Kabbalah. The New Age system has hijacked the word Kabbalah and has alleged that it's practicing Jewish mysticism, only because the New Agers secretly want to convert the whole world, and they can do that by hijacking some of the terms and concepts of other religions and dressing up their own beliefs in those terms and concepts.

Madonna is, I'm sure, a practitioner of New Age Kabbalah. Something tells me that she lacks the capacity to learn either of the two higher forms. For one thing, no woman can learn Authentic Kabbalah; it is taught only to Jewish men who have reached the age of 30.

[Good Friday]

As for the original article, I thought it was really interesting. A long time ago, when I first read about St. Edith Stein, I did a little bit of research on Hebrew Catholics. I came to the conclusion then that if ever the Jews convert en masse, and a Hebrew Rite is established in the Catholic Church, I would switch from the Roman Rite to the Hebrew Rite. I have a deep level of appreciation for the Jews and their culture, and I would be extremely interested to see how they celebrate their Catholicity in the context of their culture. My great-grandmother was Jewish, though not Jewish in religion.

I think we should pray that God hears their prayer on the Sabbath, namely that the Sabbath Queen will come to them. The Sabbath Queen being the Church, hopefully one day their prayers will be miraculously answered.

[cmotherofpirl]

We know God hears all prayers, Sabbath ones included.