Eucharist/Communion??

Question

I was watching a religious program this past sunday morning on the significance of recieving the body (bread) and blood (wine) of Christ, and the pastor proclaimed that we should recieve this rite each and every morning in rememberance of Christ, but the odd part is, he stated that we could perorm this rite ourselves, is there any validity to this claim? are regular christians allowed to perform this ritual on themselves/others??? does anyone know of any other churchly rituals can be performed by non clergical regular christians??? thanx

Answer 1

Anything you might do would bring the churches down on you because they are supported by people showing up and giving.

I'm a Pagan so I don't have any reason to play games with you.

There is no reason for you not to take Bread and wine as a remembrance of the Gentle Rebbe, that is exactly what He asked to be done at the last supper. The bread needs to be unleavened and the wine would probably be a red. For ritual, say, I take this bread and wine in remembrance of thee. There is nothing that the gentle Rebbe wrote that speaks of pomp and ceremony with a priest to lead and feed (sorry I couldn't resist.)

If it helps you to have a good life then I will find my post fruitful.

Answer 2

No, only validly ordained priests, namely Catholic and Orthodox, can consecrate the Eucharist.
Protestant Pastors and laity cannot do it because they do not have apostolic succession (valid holy orders, which were transmitted from the apostles to the bishops and them to other bishops and priests by imposition of the hands- see 1 Tim. 4:14). This has been done for 2000 years in the Catholic and Orthodox churches.
Anglicans also HAD valid orders but they lost the apostolic succesion by a defective intent in the imposition of the hands.
Since protestant pastors cannot do it (because their churches do not come from the apostles´times, but are only 500 years old), then they have adapted their theology and claim that the Eucharist is just a symbol, contradicting the Lord´s words "this is my body" (Mt. 26:26-28)

Answer 3

It's as valid as you want it to be. How it has any more or less validity just because a priest performs it, I have no idea.

I personally believe it would have no validity even if the Pope himself performed the ceremony. It's just a ritual designed to make you beholden to the church, imo.

Why you couldn't perform the ritual yourself with just as much validity if you sincerely believed that you were communing with Christ at the time you performed it, I have no idea.

It's not like the concept of Christ's alleged sacrifice is beyond the ability of average untrained people to grasp, like law or medicine; the basic idea is pretty simple.

Answer 4

No, the consecration must be done by an ordained priest. Eucharistic ministers can perform the liturgy of the word with communion service using consecrated hosts. The pastor must have been referring to spiritual communion. I know because my husband is a Eucharistic Minister.

Answer 5

I think that the meaning of the last supper is misunderstood by everyone. What Jesus wanted us to realize is that after death, when he would go back to being spirit, that he would be in every breathe, every bite, every drink and everything that nourishes us, so we wouldn't have miss him at all. We're swimming in it.

Answer 6

wow, i went to catholic school and am still practicng(to the best of my ability) and i've never heard of that. the only ritual i've ever heard of that can be performed is baptism in the case of emergency when a newborn is about to die.