The Divine Liturgy is at the centre of ecclesiastical life. The - TopicsExpress

The Divine Liturgy is at the centre of ecclesiastical life. The incarnation of the Son and Word of God came about in order that human nature might be glorified and Christ might be offered to humankind, so that they could take communion of His Body and Blood. This is the ultimate aim of the Mysteries (Sacraments). The purpose of all the Mysteries is participation in Christ’s Body and Blood. Christ said, “Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you” (John 6:53). We are baptised and chrismated in order that we may take Holy Communion as members of the Church and members of the Body of Christ. “It is clear from the basic principles of the baptismal services, the prayers in the Liturgy and the Canons of the Church, that being a member of the Body of Christ means not only sharing in the common prayers of the Church, but also taking Holy Communion of the Body and Blood of Christ. Any sort of distinction between prayer and Holy Communion is inconceivable, because the whole body of the local Church prays ‘with one mouth and one heart’, the whole Church says ‘Amen’ at the end of the Eucharistic prayer, and the whole body of the Church is called by Christ to Holy Communion.” Once a baby has been born and left its mother’s womb, it must be fed in order to live, because otherwise it will die. As soon as a Christian leaves the spiritual womb of the Church, which is the sacred font, and it has been confirmed through Chrismation that he is a member of the Body of Christ and of the Church, he ought to take Communion of the Body and Blood of Christ. “Man does not have his own life. He can only have life if he dies with regard to the elements of this world and lives the life of love in the Eucharistic life of the community. His salvation cannot come from a moralising, individualistic piety. It is accomplished only through grace, according to how much he struggles against the devil and empties himself in the life of Christ, Whose Body is made up of real human beings, the Church.” Holy Communion ....more... tokandylaki.blogspot.ca/2014/01/methierotheos-of-nafpaktos-on-mystery.html

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