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We have sinful tendencies, both, in our bodies and in our spirits. We therefore, need healing food, which is both physical and spiritual. Jesus therefore, feeds us with food that is both spiritual and physical. This food is His sacrificial body and blood. By receiving this food we have both spiritual and physical union with God. This changes our heart from stony hearts to hearts that are filled with His life. We then tend to live righteously, not because of the laws, but because of our oneness with God.
To participate in the Eucharist is to have companionship and communion with Christ. This is what it really means to have personal relationship with Him. This is what we are made for. It makes us part of His family. Then his father is our Father, His mother our mother and His house our house. Oneness with Christ brings us salvation. Without this unity with Christ we cannot have true goodness in us, because, He is the only source of true goodness.
He gave us his body and blood under the appearance of bread and wine because they are a form of food that human beings consume. Although it is possible to have spiritual communion with the Lord in meditation and intense prayers, perfection of communion can only occur when there is both physical and spiritual communion. Prior to Jesus’ coming the prophets and holy people of the Old Testament did have spiritual communion with Him. However, the Lord had to come, both, spiritually and physically into this World in order to bring us salvation. When we truly love someone, we are not content with speaking to him or her on the phone or via e-mail; we also desire physical communion, because, that brings completion to the oneness. When we are united with Christ His laws become very dear to our heart. This fulfills the prophecy of Jeremiah 31:33; which said, “I shall inscribe my laws upon their heart, so that they will be my people and I their God”.
To participate in the Eucharist is to have companionship and communion with Christ. This is what it really means to have personal relationship with Him. This is what we are made for. It makes us part of His family. Then his father is our Father, His mother our mother and His house our house. Oneness with Christ brings us salvation. Without this unity with Christ we cannot have true goodness in us, because, He is the only source of true goodness.
He gave us his body and blood under the appearance of bread and wine because they are a form of food that human beings consume. Although it is possible to have spiritual communion with the Lord in meditation and intense prayers, perfection of communion can only occur when there is both physical and spiritual communion. Prior to Jesus’ coming the prophets and holy people of the Old Testament did have spiritual communion with Him. However, the Lord had to come, both, spiritually and physically into this World in order to bring us salvation. When we truly love someone, we are not content with speaking to him or her on the phone or via e-mail; we also desire physical communion, because, that brings completion to the oneness. When we are united with Christ His laws become very dear to our heart. This fulfills the prophecy of Jeremiah 31:33; which said, “I shall inscribe my laws upon their heart, so that they will be my people and I their God”.