tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post4396267543437484203..comments2024-03-29T04:31:15.219-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: The problem of bread. . .Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-67275473949309239062013-01-08T16:39:21.300-06:002013-01-08T16:39:21.300-06:00We use Leavened Bread for the Eucharist in the Ort...We use Leavened Bread for the Eucharist in the Orthodox Church but we have to take exceedingly great care not to leave crumbs anywhere. It can be done, but I admit, it is hard work. Hosts are easier to use and eliminate the crumb problem. Since they have been the established Western usage for nearly 2,000 I would keep them if I were Lutheran, if for nothing else than to emphasize Lutheranism's continuity with the Western Church.<br />Brother BorisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-66551200820704842092013-01-07T20:55:22.343-06:002013-01-07T20:55:22.343-06:00We used a loaf of bread at my former church, the c...We used a loaf of bread at my former church, the crumbs from the bread were always on the floor. In my view this is not the way to go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-306554310616210792013-01-07T20:08:53.770-06:002013-01-07T20:08:53.770-06:00The bread is not the host until after it is consec...The bread is not the host until after it is consecrated.<br /><br />Also, the pastor distributes the host (singular) and NOT the hosts (plural). There is but one Paschal Victim, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-90887365580134076632013-01-07T16:19:28.023-06:002013-01-07T16:19:28.023-06:00Besides the point that middle eastern bread is a f...Besides the point that middle eastern bread is a flatbread and that passover bread is unleavened, is the point that our Lord was without sin (represented by leaven). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-53033369938592677362013-01-07T08:00:59.766-06:002013-01-07T08:00:59.766-06:00This post is so relevant to what happened in our c...This post is so relevant to what happened in our church yesterday during communion. We have been attending a LCMS for several months and are ready to take the classes to join. Yesterday during Communion a wafer was dropped on the floor. I saw this and saw our pastor pick it up, consume it himself and make the sign of the cross. To me this was so respectful of the sacrament and later I called our pastor to ask more about it. He explained not only that incident but what happens to the extra elements after Communion is over. I am full of awe for God and what he has given us after this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com