tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post3287996419051882390..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Without preparation. . .Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-6862065719491702632014-10-02T13:38:40.939-05:002014-10-02T13:38:40.939-05:00Taught or not taught, mentioned or not, I believe ...Taught or not taught, mentioned or not, I believe it is more a matter of paying attention to what it is we're doing, and observing.<br /><br />Coming from a background that held a low view of the Supper (nor would they call it a Sacrament), I find these practices beneficial. I suspect the real reason for failure to prepare is the very real influence of Evangelicalism on Lutherans. There are no rules or rubrics on these practices, but if we are to be confessional Lutherans, should we not pay attention to whence we came?Janis Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947508427040251166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-5102611129875016672014-10-01T20:37:58.021-05:002014-10-01T20:37:58.021-05:00Is there an actual service of preparation to recei...Is there an actual service of preparation to receive Holy Communion? If not, why not? The Lutherans are always inventing new services, why not create one for receiving communion using historic prayers of the Lutheran confessions? The Orthodox have one with many prayers that can be said with the typical morning prayers. Perhaps, the service could be said corporately before the start of divine Liturgy in the church. Attendance shouldn't be required, but encouraged. It is not Pharisaical to prepare oneself as Mr. Vehse suggests. It is spiritually detrimental that one receives the Sacrament without preparation.--ChrisUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08038508116670615703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-70458469526363571342014-10-01T11:12:20.367-05:002014-10-01T11:12:20.367-05:00These practices are mentioned in the Book of Conco...These practices are mentioned in the Book of Concord and, as such, are taught by the church. They have been mentioned and taught in our churches.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-91050203614124737422014-10-01T08:09:52.033-05:002014-10-01T08:09:52.033-05:00Just where do you live Mr. Vehse and where do you ...Just where do you live Mr. Vehse and where do you find these practices have been encouraged and recognized as voluntary in the Missouri Synod for years? I have been a member of 7 different LCMS congregations in my lifetime (51 years - from Midwest to East Coast and now Southeast) and have never ever heard this said from the pulpit, spoken about during Bible class, mentioned in the bulletin, or written in the church newsletter. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-56922552475564674902014-10-01T06:39:09.043-05:002014-10-01T06:39:09.043-05:00Before people jump to the idea that a new Pharisai...<i>Before people jump to the idea that a new Pharisaism is being born, I am encouraging the faithful to do this on their own.</i><br /><br />The practice of fasting, eating breakfast after church, and private confession, have been encouraged but recognized as voluntary by those in the Missouri Synod for many, many years. The suggestion that these practices are needed as "good first steps" to achieve the "goal of a more fruitful reception of the Lord's body and blood" is what people, including Lutherans, may regard as a new Pharisaism.Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.com