SAINT AGNES CATHEDRAL 533 South Jefferson Springfield, MO 65806
EXTRAORDINARY FORM OF THE MASS (LATIN)
CELEBRANT: Father Jeffery Fasching
March 24th, 2013 Palm Sunday
There will be no Liturgies in the Extraordinary Form during Holy Week. Mass on Easter Sunday is at 2:30pm.
“Let the faithful be invited to take part in the Procession of Palms in greater numbers, this rendering Christ the King public witness of their love and gratitude.”
Palm Sunday commemorates the last triumph of Jesus Christ on earth and begins Holy Week. Palm Sunday is a celebration of the triumphant entry of Our Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem. Christ’s followers cut off branches from trees and laid them on the ground while proclaiming Christ as the Son of David. In commemoration of this event palms are blessed to begin the Liturgy and are carried in solemn procession.
It will be only days later that these very followers will call for the death of Jesus Christ. However, as Christians we believe that Christ’s death was not a failure. It was through His Passion and Death that Christ conquered sin, Satan and the world! “I, if I be lifted up…will draw all things to Myself” (Jn. 12:32).
On Palm Sunday we give thanks to Jesus Christ for redeeming us through His Passion and Death. Christ is our triumphant King. He is King of the universe and King of our hearts if we allow Him to be.
In Christ,
Father Jeffery Fasching
Prayers at the Foot of the Altar
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Sunday, March 24, 2013
Saturday, October 22, 2011
The Institution Narrative
At the Last Supper, Jesus took bread, pronounced a blessing, broke it, and gave it to His disciples saying, “This is my body.” He then took the cup, gave thanks, and passed it to them saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood” (I Cor 11.25), “This is my blood of the covenant” (Mk 14.24).
One of the very first Protestant reformers, Ulrich Zwingli, insisted that the Eucharistic words are to be understood in a metaphorical, not in a literal sense. He held that when Jesus gives us bread to eat, saying, “This is my body,” and when He gives us wine to drink, saying “This is my blood,” the bread and wine remain the same physical realities they were, but they now become signs or symbols of Christ’s body given up for us and of His blood shed for us on the cross. In this interpretation, we do not receive the body of Christ in any physical sense, but we do receive Him spiritually. Many Protestants accept this understanding.
Proponents of this view point out that Jesus often used metaphor to describe Himself and His disciples. For example, in speaking of Himself He said: “I am the Light of the World” (Jn 8.12); “I am the resurrection and the life” (Jn 11.25); “I am the vine, you are the branches” (Jn 15.15.5); “I am the bread of life” (Jn 6.48). Speaking of His disciples He said: “You are the salt of the earth…You are the light of the world,” (Mt 5.13f); “You are Rock” (Mt 16.18). All of these employ metaphor, suggesting that the Eucharistic words should also be understood in a figurative sense.
In Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
One of the very first Protestant reformers, Ulrich Zwingli, insisted that the Eucharistic words are to be understood in a metaphorical, not in a literal sense. He held that when Jesus gives us bread to eat, saying, “This is my body,” and when He gives us wine to drink, saying “This is my blood,” the bread and wine remain the same physical realities they were, but they now become signs or symbols of Christ’s body given up for us and of His blood shed for us on the cross. In this interpretation, we do not receive the body of Christ in any physical sense, but we do receive Him spiritually. Many Protestants accept this understanding.
Proponents of this view point out that Jesus often used metaphor to describe Himself and His disciples. For example, in speaking of Himself He said: “I am the Light of the World” (Jn 8.12); “I am the resurrection and the life” (Jn 11.25); “I am the vine, you are the branches” (Jn 15.15.5); “I am the bread of life” (Jn 6.48). Speaking of His disciples He said: “You are the salt of the earth…You are the light of the world,” (Mt 5.13f); “You are Rock” (Mt 16.18). All of these employ metaphor, suggesting that the Eucharistic words should also be understood in a figurative sense.
In Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
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