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I trust the reader will acquit me, in making this quotation, of any desire to enunciate any Eucharistic theory of the presence of Christ's Flesh in the Eucharist. All I have to do with is the simple fact that both Philo and St. John speak of the Word as the Bread of Life; but Philo explains that bread to be "reason," and St.
To correct the error, the Holy See was obliged to issue decrees on the subject, which may be styled the charter of Eucharistic freedom for all the faithful, and especially for children. As the Eucharist is not intended solely for the mature or aged, so neither is religious life meant only for the decrepit, or those who have squandered youth and innocence.
In this repast, as in many others, Jesus practised his mysterious rite of the breaking of bread. As it was early believed that the repast in question took place on the day of the Passover, and was the Paschal feast, the idea naturally arose that the Eucharistic institution was established at this supreme moment.
What have words like 'Transubstantiation' and 'Concomitance, devotions like 'Benediction, gatherings like Eucharistic Congresses to do with the august simplicity of Christ's own institution? You Catholics argue too much deduce, syllogize, and explain until the simple splendour of Christ's mysterious act is altogether overlaid and hidden. Be more simple!
But he himself would look upon it in a different way; inside the eucharistic car he would represent the doubt and denials hidden in the heart of worship, splendid in its exterior pomp, but void of faith and ideals. "Then we are agreed, Don Antolin. I will come down shortly into the Cathedral."
Bingham admits that the eucharistic sacrifice was offered for S. Augustine, S. Monica, the emperors Constantine and Valentinian at their funerals. "The custom of praying and offering up sacrifice for the faithful departed most evidently appears to have prevailed in the church even from the time of the apostles", says the Protestant bishop Milles, Opera S. Cyrilli. p. 297. Liturg. vol. 2, p. 94.
They seemed to him very populous, and he felt the surprise that great modern improvements must cause to those used to a retired and sedentary life. The balconies were hung with ancient tapestries and shawls from Manilla; the streets were covered with awnings, and the pavement spread thickly with sand, so that the eucharistic car should glide easily over the pointed cobble stones.
Just a little more of Calvin and of Beza, half a dozen words here, or Cranmer's pencil through a single phrase elsewhere; a 'quantum suff. of the men 'that allowed no Eucharistic sacrifice, and away must have gone beyond recall the possibility of the Laudian revival and all that still appertains thereunto.
The church, so noisy and illuminated in the morning, emptied itself rapidly, and silence and twilight once more reigned in it. Esteban was furious when he saw Gabriel emerging from the eucharistic car. "You will kill yourself, such work is not for you. What caprice could have seized you?" Gabriel laughed. Yes, it was a caprice, but he did not repent of it.
Ever will the Saviour of the world be adored by the kings of intelligence, represented by the Magi; ever will He multiply the eucharistic bread, to nourish and comfort our souls; ever, when we invoke Him in the night and the tempest, will He come to us walking on the waters, ever will He stretch forth His hand and make us pass over the crests of the billows; ever will He cure our distempers and give back light to our eyes; ever will He appear to His faithful, luminous and transfigured upon Tabor, interpreting the law of Moses and moderating the zeal of Elias."
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