The Eucharist was not called the Mass, but breaking of bread in memory of the gesture habitual and characteristic of Jesus This idea of \u200b\u200bsharing was so natural, almost automatic, for those who believed the body and blood spilled won Salvatore present in the Eucharist.
Jesus instituted the Eucharist that we become truly one with him, sacrificed, we share with all what is the bread and wine: food, joy, life ... It's easy to say it or write it. No doubt it also told the Corinthians, but did the opposite. There were the rich and the poor and (here is the grave) the poor were despised by the rich.
Paul does not blame the Corinthians for doctrinal errors. Accuses them of not understanding the social implications of communion. The rich Corinthian
believe they can receive with their poor brethren the body of Christ, while refusing to share with them their goods. But this is impossible.
The tenacity of resentment, rejection of sharing, self maintenance of privileges, cause a breakdown in communion with Christ and Christians. The non-sharing therefore leads to the contradiction at the heart of the sacrament.
S. Paul has pressed hard on an iron burning open wounds of the Corinthians ... and on our own.
S. John, who announced and commented on so long the bread of life (chap. 6), surprises us by its silence on the establishment of this sacrament. Even more surprising because it replaces the narration of the story with a shocking fact that the precise impact. Where does the true Eucharist?
Jesus washes the disciples' feet (Jn 13.1 to 17). Slave labor. Madness unthinkable.
Why not distorting the scope of the act, the consequences of the pulling Jesus himself: You call me Master and Lord, and rightly so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another's feet. I have given you an example so as I did, you also should do. Verily, verily I say unto you servant is not greater than his master, nor are messengers greater than those who sent him. Knowing these things, blessed are you if you do them (Jn 13.13-17).
pay in person, in the most humble service, heavier, little or nothing flashy, this is allowed to live in themselves, in deed, the Christ that we ate, donated body and blood shed for all . It all means ... all!
The Evangelist Luke, after the institution of the Eucharist and the announcement of the betrayal of Judas (and thus in a particularly solemn and tragic) threw out the crime that explains the foot-washing even better record of John.
Sorse tra di loro una discussione, chi di loro poteva essere considerato il più grande. Egli disse: "I re delle nazioni le governano, e coloro che hanno il potere su di esse si fanno chiamare benefattori. Per voi però non sia così; ma chi è il più grande tra voi diventi come il più piccolo e chi governa come colui che serve. Infatti chi è più grande, chi sta a tavola o chi serve? Non è forse colui che sta a tavola? Eppure io sto in mezzo a voi come colui che serve (Lc 22,24-27). Perciò chi vuol essere il primo tra voi, sarà il servo di tutti. Il figlio dell’uomo infatti non è venuto per essere servito, ma per servire e dare la propria vita in riscatto per molti (Mk 10.44-45). Jesus is the Servant announced by Isaiah (chapter 53).
* * * I give you a new commandment: love one another just as I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another (John 13:34-35).
This is my commandment: love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than to lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you ... This I command you: love one another (Jn 15.12-17). This
duplicated one another so pounding and striking around the first table of the Eucharist, now bounce to us and to our Eucharist. We really love? Because this is a sign to know the true disciples of Jesus there's another one!
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