June 11, 2025
An English version is available here. La teología sacramental, en algunos sectores del cristianismo norteamericano, necesita una reorientación desde una comprensión antropocéntrica, centrada en el ser humano, donde los sacramentos son concebidos como meros actos de obediencia humana, hacia una comprensión más teocéntrica donde los sacramentos son concebidos como actos divinos de gracia a través […]
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October 17, 2024
Bobby Valentine and John Mark Hicks describe the significance of Psalm 50. it is a prophetic song, the voice of the “preacher” (priest/prophet) in the assembly of Israel. God speaks through the Psalmist to address two groups of people assembled: (1) those who misunderstand the significance of worship, and (2) hypocrites who confess the covenant […]
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July 13, 2024
This is a communion meditation based on 1 Corinthians 11:27. What does it mean to eat and drink unworthily? To participate in an unworthy manner is to be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. That is a serious concern, and it is worth our meditation and reflection. For more, see this blog. […]
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June 24, 2024
This communion mediation is based on 1 Corinthians 10:16. It discusses the meaning of “This is my body” through the lens of 1 Corinthians 10:16. What is the meaning of “is”? What is its meaning for the table of the Lord?
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June 20, 2024
A communion meditation based on Matthew 26:30. Jesus and his disciples sang the Egyptian Hallel (Psalm 113-118) or some portion of it.
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February 23, 2024
Therefore, make every effort to come together more frequently to give thanks and glory to God. For when you meet together frequently, the powers of Satan are overthrown, and his destructiveness is nullified by the unanimity of your faith. There is nothing better than peace, by which all warfare among those in heaven and those […]
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March 30, 2023
J. M. R. Tillard, Flesh of the Church, Flesh of Christ: At the Source the Ecclesiology of Communion, trans. Madeleine Beaumount (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2001). I have now read the fourth of twelve books suggested by FB friends. This one was recommended by Reece LaBlanc. This is my summary; and this one is […]
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