I am sure you will agree that the world is now more than
ever in serious need of the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
In Holy Communion, the bread and the wine become the body
and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. Has anyone ever given serious consideration
to what would happen if every church in
the world, whether Anglican or one of the more inferior denominations, celebrated
Holy Communion at exactly the same time?
Well, I have given it some serious
consideration, and I believe that at this point, when each piece of bread, each
wafer, each chalice of wine, and each individual cup of non-alcoholic wine or
grape juice has been transformed by the Holy Spirit into the body and blood of Jesus,
Jesus will have returned.
Yours sincerely
Terry J. Wright (Dr (though not the useful sort, as a friend
of mine once said))
There was a genuine chuckle - a LOL - at the final sentence. I remember my Dad explaining his doctorate in similar terms when I was a child. My sister must have taken it on board because she became a consultant paediatrician. I, meanwhile, have a certificate of higher education ��
ReplyDeleteTransubstantiation is a very strange idea. But I do 'get' it on a spiritual level. I like the tinkly bells bit. They should have more tinkly bells in church. That is my considered opinion.
PS Do vegetarians believe in transubstantiation?
PPS The �� is supposed to be an unimpressed emoji.
DeleteYou know, I've never considered the vegetarianism angle . . .
DeleteIt's just occurred to me that Jesus hasn't yet returned, so clearly the archbishops ignored my sound advice. Anyone would think they've been involved in debates about other things.
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