"Do This" a command or a suggestion?

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“Do This in Memory of Me” - Is this a command?
  • and how often you do it?
    . once per day
    . once per week
    . once per month or few months?
 
Hmmm, bout four or five times a week is my average at the moment. Please God it’ll be daily during Lent.

‘Do this’ of course is a command 😃
 
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“Do This in Memory of Me” - Is this a command?
  • and how often you do it?
    . once per day
    . once per week
    . once per month or few months?
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As the Church, it is continual. it is being followed every minute of everyday somewhere in the world. For an individual, it can be everyday. It is a meal. A very special meal.
 
:hmmm: Trying to remember anywhere in the bible where God asked us if we Wanted to do something, where He gave us an Either/Or choice.
 
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“Do This in Memory of Me” - Is this a command?
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as in, coming from Jesus Christ, Savior of the World, or as in, coming from the liturgy committee of your parish or Oregon Press.
 
I think we as Christians act too often like children. “Daddy just said pick up that toy, but maybe if I smile and say ‘I love you’ he’ll forget all about it.” or “Daddy just said eat your peas, but I’m sure he didn’t mean it. Peas are yucky! He would never want me to eat something yucky!” 😉
 
Per an article in Hands On Apologetics a few years back (by Gary Michuta):

The Greek word which we translate into “do” is used less than a dozen times in Scripture… in each case (except one) the directive is to “offer” as in sacrifice… not simply “do” as we might use today.

So the Lord’s words of “…as often as you do…” might also be translated “…as often as you offer this…” and that perhaps gives a better (more Catholic :rolleyes: ) understanding of the verses.

Now if the protestant understanding is simply a do, and they wish to find a precedent for that translation… it is in the book of Wisdom… oops, they already removed that book.:nope: :whacky:

Anyway, without going to the artical and posting it completely, that is what I recollect.

I will post if someone requests it

Gary Michuta handsonapologetics.com/ is a pretty good apologist too.

from the site:
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