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hyperdulia again

Something about that song always bothered me. Now I get it.

[url="http://youtube.com/watch?v=XsS6Yv7l5_I&mode=related&search="]http://youtube.com/watch?v=XsS6Yv7l5_I&amp...ted&search=[/url]

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hyperdulia again

I don't have to imagine anything! I can go to any Catholic Church anywhere in the world and be in His immediate physical presence.

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[quote name='hyperdulia again' post='1403787' date='Oct 16 2007, 07:26 PM']I don't have to imagine anything! I can go to any Catholic Church anywhere in the world and be in His immediate physical presence.[/quote]

I really dislike this song, but I think what the lyricist is trying to capture is the transcendency of heaven. Certainly we are in the presence of Christ in the adoration of the Eucharist, but in heaven, we are fully united with the Trinity and the communion of saints in a liturgy of endless praise and thanksgiving. If Eucharistic Adoration is on par with heaven, what is the point of heaven in the first place?

I still really don't like that song.

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Thy Geekdom Come

I actually like the song a lot. I think that saying it denies the Eucharist is a stretch. We will be before Him in heaven in a different way than we are here on earth.

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wow...i've never ever thought of the song downplaying the Eucharist.

i love that song because i [i]can[/i] only imagine what it would be like to fall on my knees or dance in His Presence.

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Thy Geekdom Come

[quote name='LoneYankee' post='1403992' date='Oct 16 2007, 10:59 PM']I completely agree, not everything is destined to make logical sense. At least right now. ;][/quote]
Lone Yankee, I understand your pain...I'm a Nebraskan stuck in Louisiana!

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[quote name='Seven77' post='1403912' date='Oct 16 2007, 07:20 PM']wow...i've never ever thought of the song downplaying the Eucharist.

i love that song because i [i]can[/i] only imagine what it would be like to fall on my knees or dance in His Presence.[/quote]

[quote name='Raphael' post='1403854' date='Oct 16 2007, 06:19 PM']I actually like the song a lot. I don't think that saying it denies the Eucharist is a stretch. We will be before Him in heaven in a different way than we are here on earth.[/quote]

Couldn't have said it better myself...

I love the song and the band.

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I don't think the song downplays the Eucharist. And certainly the prescence of Christ will be at a different level though I will not say that we will be more in his prescence. Rather he will be more completely reveled to us. He will be physically present, where the Eucharist is a sacramental prescence. So lets not be too hard on the song. I still love it but think the Eucharistic application in the video is a good one.

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