Communion Once A Month

[Robyn]

:) sooo....if I take communion twice in one day....?

Well, yeah, you can't just say PROTESTANT and expect us all to agree...as you say, there's only one Catholic church, but there are many prot churches...

and yeah, I go to 2-3 services on a Sunday...and sometimes I partake in communion twice :lol:

[Anna]

But what do you partake in?

What does "communion" mean to you?

[Confessionator741]

ok.

so heres what i think on all this. Now i havent read really any of the post leading up to mine, becuase i am at school and dont really have the time to read them all, as much as i would like to.

So here i go.

Now, Catholics believe that the Blessed Sacrament is the true presence of Jesus, in the form of Body and Blood, and no longer bread and wine. But if you dont believe that it is truely Christ, then why would you want to recieve it often. Catholics have the blessing to recieve the Eucharist once a day!, and some of us do!...because we know it is the TRUE PRESENCE.

In not believing in the True Presence, you will find that maybe once a month is good enough, and for just plain ole bread and grape juice...maybe it is.

I mean, if you really wanted to you could just go home, eat a peice of bread have a glass of grape juice and call it a day.

Catholic belief is so much more than that. IT IS CHRIST. And we need Him in the Eucharist to help us, guide us, and forgive us.

True God and True Man, truely present in the Eucharist.

God Bless

B

Edited October 24, 2003 by Confessionator741

[littleflower+JMJ]

ok.

so heres what i think on all this.  Now i havent read really any of the post leading up to mine, becuase i am at school and dont really have the time to read them all, as much as i would like to.

So here i go.

Now, Catholics believe that the Blessed Sacrament is the true presence of Jesus, in the form of Body and Blood, and no longer bread and wine.  But if you dont believe that it is truely Christ, then why would you want to recieve it often.  Catholics have the blessing to recieve the Eucharist once a day!, and some of us do!...because we know it is the TRUE PRESENCE.

In not believing in the True Presence, you will find that maybe once a month is good enough, and for just plain ole bread and grape juice...maybe it is. 

I mean, if you really wanted to you could just go home, eat a peice of bread have a glass of grape juice and call it a day.

Catholic belief is so much more than that.  IT IS CHRIST.  And we need Him in the Eucharist to help us, guide us, and forgive us.

True God and True Man, truely present in the Eucharist.

God Bless

B

;)

[kdewolf2]

I think the reason most Protestant denominations de-emphasize the Lord's Supper is obvious. The Protestant Reformers tended to have a negative attitude toward the sacraments. Luther cut the sacraments down to two, and Calvin declared that they were symbolic rather than really effective. Hence the sacraments are not as important. Protestants prefer preaching. Most Protestants have 30 - 45 minute sermons, every Sunday. I once went to a church where the preacher felt he had to go on and on and on forever. The service started at 11.00, and the preacher (who just happened to be a cousin of mine) wouldn't finish until 12.45 at least. If Catholics are ritualistic, then Protestants are obviously long-winded. For Protestants, the Word is much more important than the Sacrament, and I think this goes back to the Reformers' myopic sacramental theology.

I also think many Protestants associate sacraments with works, as if sacraments were human works that we do to gain God's favor. Too much emphasis on the sacraments would call salvation by faith alone into question. But I don't think Catholics really look at the sacraments as works. Yeah, you have to go to Mass to receive the Body and Blood of Christ, but it is not as if you earned the Body and Blood of Christ by going to Mass. It's like, say, you were offered $100 for nothing. You have to reach out your hand to receive it but its not as if you earned the money by reaching out your hand. It is still undeserved.