When speaking with others about the treasures we have been given in the liturgy - it is easy to get into a posture of "defending" rather than a loving, encouraging posture of aiding "understanding".
Understanding Christ's true bodily presence in the Lord's Supper to serve us sinners is vital to uderstanding worship. Without this understanding, the mystery of the liturgy will seem strange and irrelevant rather than strangely fitting and eternally relevant. Without this understanding, much of what has been handed down to us may seem stiff and formal. Without this understanding, worship may be viewed as an experimental thing that we must make lively rather than that by which Jesus comes to give us life. Without this understanding we may miss the reverent acknowledgement of the hidden presence of the King of kings.
The center of human history is Christ's service to the world on the cross. The center of our current life is Christ's ongoing presence among His gathered people in Word and Sacrament. The reason His Church gathers together each week is because the risen Christ comes to teach and feed His people.
The above thoughts are taken from Introduction of the book The Blessings of Weekly Communion - information on which can be obtained through the resources tab on the Home Page.
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