At my church, they hand you a wafer (I guess it is) and then you dip it in grape juice then you eat it. Is there a certain way you should do this? I want to know I am doing it right.
2006-11-20 03:27:16 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Whatever works, man.
2006-11-20 03:29:22 · answer #1 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The only wrong way to partake is probably if you do it without a pure heart. I mean if you are reverent about the sacrament and trying to grow closer to the Lord by taking communion, He will know your heart.
This will bother some people, but years ago, my elderly parents were home-bound in a very small town. I wanted to take them communion, but the convenience store's only bread was hot-dog buns. I took a hot-dog bun and a small can of grape juice to a minister's house, he prayed and blessed the bread, and I took it to serve my parents. It was one of the last times my father was able to partake of communion, and it was an honor to serve him.
Communion represents the body of Christ which He sacrificed for all of us, and His blood shed.
We have taken it by "intincture" which means dipping the bread into the juice (wine), and the other way, by kneeling at the altar and being served a pinch of bread and a small plastic cup of juice.
When I was younger we attended a church where everyone remained seated, and the tray of crackers and cups were passed around similar to the offering plate. The "How" is not so important and neither is the "what" (crackers, wafers, bread, wine, grape juice), The most important is that you consider a sacrament and take it seriously.
2006-11-20 03:46:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sleestack - That's totally gross. Kinda funny though
I don't think there is a certain correct way. At Catholic churches, everyone goes up front and takes the communion from the priest (or whoever, I'm not sure) and eats it right there at the front of the church.
In my church and in every Protestant church I've been to, the people take the wafer or cracker and the tiny cup of juice and sit down. They wait until the pastor takes them through the story of the Last Supper and then everyone takes communion together.
If your church dips the wafer into the juice, I don't think that's bad. I've never seen it written that Jesus yelled at anyone for dipping their bread.
2006-11-20 03:31:13 · answer #3 · answered by Katie L 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How should you? --- "In remembrance of me."
Method - I've been at a few different churches. Saltine crackers and a teeny plastic cup of grape juice. A loaf of bread where you tear off a piece and dip in in the juice. Some where you drink out of the common cup, (ew) -- One time I was at camp and someone forgot to bring the juice, so we had liquid jello instead! I don't think the how really matters. When Jesus started it, they were just at supper and eating what was there.
Spritual state - very important!
1 Cor 11:27 Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. 28 A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. 29 For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on himself. 30 That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. 31 But if we judged ourselves, we would not come under judgment.
2006-11-20 03:56:31 · answer #4 · answered by BaseballGrrl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on how your church does it. Some churches are fed it by the priest and in the churches I have gone to if it is a wafer, we just pinch a Small portion off and eat it and after everyone has done this they pass the small cups of grape juice. Some churches have small individual pieces already sized out and you just eat that then wait on the juice to be passed. Different churches do this different ways, so when in doubt, watch how everyone else does it and copy them. Or you might try something new and different and ask the preacher.
2006-11-20 03:41:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Each church may offer it differently.
Just ask or follow everyone else depending how they do it.
Lutherans share communion with anyone who shows up, but Catholics have their own tradition.
I once visited a Catholic Church and made the mistake of trying to take the bread from the Priest instead of letting him put it in my mouth. I did not know any better. It turned into an embarrassing spectacle on a Holy Thursday in a church full of people.
Don't feel afraid to ask in advance, which is the wise thing to do.
2006-11-20 03:38:33 · answer #6 · answered by emilynghiem 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The bread (wafer) is the body of Christ which is our offering to God, and the wine (grape juice) is the blood of Christ which was/is shed for the removal of sin, with out which there can be no forgiveness of sin.
We have communion on the first Sunday of every month. Before I eat, I pray, thanking Christ for my Salvation because His blood was shed for me.
2006-11-20 03:44:02 · answer #7 · answered by Emma J 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The question is,do you feel that communion will get you into heaven?Communion is not necessary,if it were everybody would do it.It's still a wafer and grape juice no matter how you do it.Forgiveness and repentence is what is needed to inherit the kingdom of Heaven.
2006-11-20 03:35:19 · answer #8 · answered by Derek B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We are given a small cracker and a tiny cup of grape juice- We pray together- the Pastor prays over all of us and we all take communion together- first the bread (cracker) then the juice. We say separate prayers for both too.
2006-11-20 03:36:06 · answer #9 · answered by Mandolyn Monkey Munch 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You got it all wrong. It is not the form that counts, it is why you do it. It should be done in remembrance of the life and death of Christ. The bread (wafer) is the body of Christ which is our propitiation (the conciliatory offering to God, in our place at the second death), and the wine (grape juice) is the blood of Christ which was/is shed for the removal of sin, with out which there can be no forgiveness of sin.
2006-11-20 03:38:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's not a dumb question. It all depends on your denomination.
In your tradition (which is not mine!) - just do what everybody else does...
Whatever you do..."Feed on Him in your heart, by faith, with thanksgiving."
But do ask your pastor some day why you use "grape juice" instead of wine. Jesus used wine...there was no such thing as "grape juice" before 1869 when Dr. Welch discovered a way to keep it from turning to wine.
2006-11-20 03:40:40 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋