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Charlie_Zeaiter
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I understand that in confession we are absolved of our sins.
But what does the Eucharist do?
But what does the Eucharist do?
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zach_dunn
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I believe one thing it does is cleanse your soul of all venial sin (but only if you’re not in a state of mortal sin, if you recieve the Eucharist in a state of mortal sin, that’s really bad)
Pax,
Zach
Pax,
Zach
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TheQuestioner
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Brings us closer to God.
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phoenix3212
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It allows us to participate in the most intimate relationship with God, and in doing so our venial sins are forgiven.
To illustrate my point about the intimacy of that relationship, take a look at this picture of the interior of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican:
http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/b/images/baldchino.stpetrs.lg.jpg
That canopy you see there above the altar is purposely designed to resemble the canopy of a bed. That’s because, amongst other things, an altar represents a marriage bed. Just as a husband gives his body to his wife so that she might have life within her, so too does Jesus give his body to us so that we might have life within us. That’s intimacy.
To illustrate my point about the intimacy of that relationship, take a look at this picture of the interior of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican:
http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/b/images/baldchino.stpetrs.lg.jpg
That canopy you see there above the altar is purposely designed to resemble the canopy of a bed. That’s because, amongst other things, an altar represents a marriage bed. Just as a husband gives his body to his wife so that she might have life within her, so too does Jesus give his body to us so that we might have life within us. That’s intimacy.
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