Eucharist Essay

LOGOS: Logos is a ministry here on campus that meets on Sunday mornings from 9:45-11:00 am in Polling. Logos is a non denomination church that started at Spring Arbor between six and eight years ago. With the church being located in the lobby in Polling, the “sanctuary” was set up more like you were going to have a guest speaker or a bible study in the space. At the front of there was a keyboard, guitar, a hand drum, and a few microphones. In the middle of the room they had placed seven or eight

rejects the authority of the interpreters of God’s teachings, starting with the Pope’s. Lutheranism teaches that the body and blood of Jesus Christ is actually present in the actual bread and wine. That is, when celebrating the Sacrament of the Eucharist, one can be exposed to Jesus Christ physically by eating bread and drinking wine. Calvinism, on the other hand, teaches that the presence of the body and the blood has been only spiritual. Calvinism teaches the absolute supremacy of God. The concept

few months I started sleeping in and letting my family go to church without me, but I was still interested in the idea that God existed and had many questions, so I stayed with the Church and received the sacraments, such as Reconciliation and the Eucharist. Over time, without going to Church or Confession willingly, I lost most of my faith. I believed in God, but I didn’t care about sin and didn’t ever like to

would become a monk. Luther’s journey began towards the life of God. The path he took, led him through moments of realization and confusion. Martin Luther questioned the church and re-evaluated baptism; yet, he re-enforced the importance of the Eucharist, kept his faith in God and believed every child of Christ had the right to know the Lord 's word.  Sacraments are about becoming closer to God, to commit to a life of God and to reach God’s grace. According to Rev. David D.Reedy author of “The Life

satisfaction, could never compare to the “Bread of Life.” However, nowhere on the advertisement can one find any derogatory statement about Coca-Cola. Furthermore, just because Coca-Cola (and all material goods) cannot be placed in the same genus of the Eucharist does not necessarily mean they are dishonorable. From a theological point of view, all things were created by God, and by virtue of their existence, they are good when properly appropriated. And Coca-Cola is a delicious drink enjoyed by many people

In the Episcopal Church, the ongoing discussion around who can participate in the Eucharist demonstrates that the church is led by practice, rather than theology. In recent years there has been a significant volume of writing generated in the Episcopal Church about what is known as “Open Table”. Currently this is an issue in which practice differs in many churches from the official policy. The discussion and corresponding practice represent the latest step of a historical trend in the church towards

we had our first reconciliation which really made me feel very sorry for my sins. We go to confession twice a year and I always love the feeling of being able to start over. Third, we received the Eucharist for the first time in second grade and every time we go to mass. When I receive the Eucharist I feel

consecration these are entirely nothing other than the flesh and blood of Christ. Whence [Jesus] spoke the very Truth to the disciples, saying “This is my flesh for the life of the world” [Jn 6:52]. And, speaking more marvelously, [this flesh in the Eucharist] is none other than that which was born from Mary, suffered on the cross, and resurrected from the tomb” (Prusak, “Explaining Eucharistic ‘Real Presence’”

The Stations of the Cross is a series of events Relating and explaining the Crucifixion of Jesus. These series of 14 events are displayed in Catholic meeting places like Churches. In order the Stations go : Jesus carries the Cross, Jesus falls ,Jesus meets Mary, Simon of Cyrene helps carrie the cross, Veronica wipes Jesus’s Face, Jesus Falls again, Jesus meets a the women from Jerusalem, Jesus falls for a third time, Jesus has is clothes taken away, Jesus is nailed to the cross, Jesus Dies on the

serves, and the bishop would lay his hands on the penitents. But this laying on of hands did not take on the character of absolution until it was done during the worship serves on Thursday of Holy Week. The penitents were not allowed to receive Eucharist because the penitents were excommunicated, excluded from Communion. After a period of probation, prescribed by the bishop, the penitent would be absolved of the sins the individual committed. The bishop would do this by laying his hands on the penitent