tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post5112869704896042574..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: More than enough. . .Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-49756746852538857052017-08-09T15:21:39.936-05:002017-08-09T15:21:39.936-05:00Surely and most certainly I do deny it. Is the Lo...Surely and most certainly I do deny it. Is the Lord hungry? Is He too far from His home to buy His own bread and wine? Did the Disciples say, “Here, Lord, take these and feed the 5 or 4 thousand”? They did not. Our Lord commanded them to give what they had, and they obeyed. The word “offer” in the original posting is used in the sense of “sacrifice”, as God required His people to do in the Old Covenant, not as providing for anybody’s real need. And it is not that far from sacrificing bread and wine to sacrificing the Body of our Lord. “Sacrificing” bread and wine is done in place of what we are forbidden to do, just so we could do a little something for God. But how wonderful it would be to fully participate in our own salvation by sacrificing His Body? <br />Peace and Joy!<br />George A. Marquart<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-69661712641068012262017-08-09T14:08:55.638-05:002017-08-09T14:08:55.638-05:00Surely you cannot deny that we offer bread and win...Surely you cannot deny that we offer bread and wine in the same way the disciples offered 5 loaves and 2 fish? Besides it was not the bread and wine that were this sacrifice of the mass but Christs body and blood.Lutheran Lurkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-56705811187636158832017-08-09T10:00:56.607-05:002017-08-09T10:00:56.607-05:00”We offer the Lord bread and wine…” Where are we ...”We offer the Lord bread and wine…” Where are we commanded to do so? Do our hearts continue to yearn for the sacrifice of the Mass, because we cannot tolerate God doing everything for us? We have to contribute something, so we offer bread and wine. This is like the fire God did not ask for. <br />Peace and Joy!<br />George A. Marquart<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com