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jeepnstein

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16. No, not exactly.

Wed May 29, 2013, 09:35 AM

May 2013

My congregation teaches that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are present at all times. We are not conjuring up God with a ceremony. Communion is a time for reflection, a time for making ones' self accountable to God, and it can be a very powerful thing if you approach it with the right mind set. But to somehow think that performing a ritual can somehow summon God into our presence is really missing the point of Christianity, I would think.

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Do you believe in the real presence at Communion? [View all] hrmjustin May 2013 OP

So do I. rug May 2013 #1

Oh Rug! I hope you quit. hrmjustin May 2013 #2

Wow. Since Vatican II Masses are an hour or less. rug May 2013 #3

Some Eppiscopal Churches have the old style altar with the priest facing the altar and not hrmjustin May 2013 #4

Last time I was at an Episcopal church with a friend and took the bread and wine, I wept. freshwest May 2013 #5

Anglican/Episcopal services are very structured. hrmjustin May 2013 #6

Well, I have those, too. freshwest May 2013 #7

What xhurxh do you belong to? hrmjustin May 2013 #8

None currently. I've yet to find a place I'm comfortable with now. freshwest May 2013 #9

Well the Spirit will guide you! hrmjustin May 2013 #10

A very good guide, yes. freshwest May 2013 #11

Yes, I do. No Vested Interest May 2013 #12

cool! hrmjustin May 2013 #13

Garry Wills, long a defender of Catholicism, has come out against that. Jim__ May 2013 #14

The 2nd. century Didache okasha May 2013 #18

I think that's in line with what Wills is saying. - n/t Jim__ May 2013 #19

Pretty much. okasha May 2013 #20

No. Our church celebrates Communion as a remembrance. Adsos Letter May 2013 #15

No, not exactly. jeepnstein May 2013 #16

I believe in it. Fortinbras Armstrong May 2013 #17