I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump off. So I ran over and said, “Stop! Don’t do it!†“Why shouldn’t I?†he said. I said, “Well, there’s so much to live for!†He said, “Like what?†I said, “Well, are you religious […]
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Why do we use bread and wine?
If you read the controversy in St. John 6, you know of the revulsion that the Jews felt when Jesus told them that they must eat his flesh and drink his blood. However, I found the following description from the Desert Fathers to be even more graphic on our use of bread and wine. This […]
