Preparation for Communion

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LutheranScholar said:
How does one " prepare" oneself to receive the blessings of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ in Holy Communion? Have faith that you’re receiving exactly what the Lord says you are. Pay attention to the rest of the Divine Service, from the Invocation right up to " May the Lord be with you," which signals the beginning of the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. Contemplate the Corporate Confession and Absolution, the Readings, the Nicene Creed and the Sermon. Think about the Prayers of Petition, even think about the Offertory. When you walk from aisle to aisle shaking hands and passing the Peace, remember that you are all of One Body, the Church and that the saints who are in Heaven now have been doing exactly the same thing from the early days of the Church. Think that generations yet unborn will continue the practice all until the time of Christ’s Return.
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What, are you Catholic or something?
 
LutheranScholar said:
I’m forever saying that us Lutherans and you Catholics are more alike than different, but does anyone listen to me? :coffeeread:
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Well, I would argue if I could. But as I understand it, Pope John XXIII meant all of us when he said “far more unites us than divides us”, including Methodists, Presbyterians, and Baptists … so how much more so is it true when talking specifically about Catholics and other catholics (Orthodox, Anglicans, and Lutherans)?
 
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