{"id":7915,"date":"2024-06-21T04:15:46","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T04:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/?p=7915"},"modified":"2024-06-21T04:20:59","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T04:20:59","slug":"mystery-of-eucharist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/mystery-of-eucharist\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery of Eucharist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mystery of Eucharist <\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear Children of God! How are you? How are you spending this season of Fifty Days of Feast? And How was the holiday of The Ascension of Lord and Savior Jesus Christ? Hope you have spent it with your family in accordance to the Church Liturgy.<\/p>\n

Children! You know after the Lord rose from the dead on the third day, He was revealed to His disciples (spiritual children) and taught, ate with and made them witness of His resurrection entering a closed house. \u201cThen, the same day at evening, being the first\u00a0day\u00a0of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were\u00a0assembled, for\u00a0fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them,\u00a0\u201cPeace\u00a0be\u00a0with you.\u201d (John 20:19-20)<\/p>\n

Onwards, He told them like, \u201cNevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but\u00a0if I depart, I will send Him to you.\u201d (John 16:7)<\/p>\n

Later on, \u201cHe led them out\u00a0as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them.\u00a0 Now it came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven.\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>And they worshiped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,\u00a0and were continually\u00a0in the temple praising and blessing God.\u00a0(Luke 24:50-53)<\/p>\n

On the tenth day of His ascension and the fifth day of His resurrection, the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles. The Bible states it as, \u201cWhen\u00a0the Day of Pentecost had fully come,\u00a0they were all\u00a0with one accord in one place.\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and\u00a0it filled the whole house where they were sitting.\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and\u00a0one\u00a0sat upon each of them. And\u00a0they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began\u00a0to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.\u201d (Acts 2:1-4)<\/p>\n

Then, the apostles were sent out to preach the word of God (Gospel), baptize gentiles (unbelievers) and cast out demons from humans. The Lord had ordered them saying, \u201cGo therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.\u201d (Matthew 28:19)<\/p>\n

Subsequent to their teaching and work of the Lord, we celebrate \u201cThe Ascension of the Lord on the fortieth day,\u201d \u201cFeast of Pentecost\u201d on the fiftieth day and fast \u201cThe Apostles Fast\u201d starting the following day of the feast on the \u201cMonth of Sene\u201d until the Feast of Departure of the Two Pillars of \u00a0Church, Apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul on \u201cHamele 5.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dear Children of God! our Lord and Savior not only taught us about fasting and the Church Liturgy through the disciples, but also about the \u201cMystery of Eucharist.\u201d During passion week, locally known as \u201cTselote Hamus,\u201d, Our Lord sat with the twelve apostles in the evening \u201cand as they were eating,\u00a0Jesus took bread, blessed and broke\u00a0it,\u00a0and gave\u00a0it\u00a0to the disciples and said,\u00a0\u201cTake, eat;\u00a0this is My body.\u201d Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave\u00a0it\u00a0to them, saying,\u00a0\u201cDrink from it, all of you.\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>For\u00a0this is My blood\u00a0of the\u00a0new covenant, which is shed\u00a0for many for the\u00a0remission of sins.\u201d (Matthew 26:26-28)<\/p>\n

You see little ones! What we call \u201cThe Eucharist\u201d is \u201cThe Holy Flesh and Holy Blood of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.\u201d It is the gift we are bestowed (given) from God, upon the crucifixion of the Lord, when He break His flesh and poured His blood on the cross, after they beat, pierced and crucified Him. It is the what we eat and drink at the House of the Lord, the Church, during the Divine Liturgy, for the salvation of our soul.<\/p>\n

Eucharist comes from the Greek word \u201ceucharistia\u201d, which literally translates to \u201cthanksgiving.\u201d The celebration of the Eucharist functions in the Christian tradition as a thanksgiving for Jesus’ sacrifice.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Mystery of Eucharist is also called \u201cThe Sacrament of the Holy Communion.\u201d \u201cThe Sacrament of Communion is a Holy Sacrament by which the believer eats the Holy Body and Precious Blood of Jesus Christ, presented by the Bread and Wine.\u00a0 This Sacrament has the greatest importance among the Seven Church Sacraments. It is sometimes called the \u201cMystery of Mysteries\u201d or the \u201cCrown of Sacraments\u201d; for all the Sacraments are crowned by the Eucharist.\u201d (Saint Mina Coptic Orthodox Church Pre-Service Training Seminars)<\/p>\n

Dear Children, what is important to understand here other than the meaning and significance of partaking the Eucharist (Holy Communion), we shall know how to prepare for it and what to do and not to do after partake of His flesh and blood.<\/p>\n

First, anyone who is to partake in the Holy Communion needs to repent (the liturgy of cleaning from sin (bad deed), be baptized and be clean in and outside his\/her body, before attending the \u201cDivine Liturgy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Second, we shall know what to do during the Divine liturgy. You might be little to know the liturgy and follow the Geeze and Amharic words to keep up with the Priests at the order of the Church, but as we shall all need to know and learn it, you will be able to cope up when you grow little by little within the service of the church.<\/p>\n

Last but not least, we have to know what not to do after we partake the Eucharist. We must not wash with water our hands or body; we do not have to cut our nails and\/or shave our hair. The reason for this is because, we are incarnated with the Lord and our body is Holy, thus we need not to clean it, or do anything else on that day. It is advisable to stay at home the whole day to avoid from dirt or any harm as well.<\/p>\n

You must also do not forget not to use any kind of bad, insulting and disrespectful words with your families, relatives, neighbors or friends. It is expected of you to be good children of God being obedient to His Holy words specially on the day you partake of His flesh and blood.<\/p>\n

Farewell Children, we have finished for today! Hope you know the importance of \u201cThe Mystery of Eucharist\u201d and partake on the Holy Communion frequently attending the \u201cDivine Liturgy\u201d at the Church.<\/p>\n

May God be with you, Amen!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Children of God! How are you? How are you spending this season of Fifty Days of Feast? And How was the holiday of The Ascension of Lord and Savior Jesus Christ? Hope you have spent it with your family in accordance to the Church Liturgy.<\/p>\n

Children! On the tenth day of our Lord’s ascension and the fifth day of His resurrection, the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles. Then, the apostles were sent out to preach the word of God (Gospel), baptize gentiles (unbelievers) and cast out demons from humans. Subsequent to their teaching and work of the Lord, we celebrate \u201cThe Ascension of the Lord on the fortieth day,\u201d \u201cFeast of Pentecost\u201d on the fiftieth day and fast \u201cThe Apostles Fast\u201d starting the following day of the feast on the \u201cMonth of Sene\u201d until the Feast of Departure of the Two Pillars of \u00a0Church, Apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul on \u201cHamele 5.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dear Children of God! our Lord and Savior not only taught us about fasting and the Church Liturgy through the disciples, but also about the \u201cMystery of Eucharist.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,84,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-for-children","category-sacrament-of-church","category-sermon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7915"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7915"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7920,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7915\/revisions\/7920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}