First Holy Communion Tomorrow is the first Sunday after Easter. Traditionally the day for the First Holy Communion. So it was in my time.
We are always in communion with our higher selves/God. We only have to take the time to listen to what is being said.
Interesting. So should we throw all good old European traditons onto a garbage heap, because fanatical fundamentalists know everything better?
Lol, where did you get that out of what I said? I just meant that god/our higher selves are always guiding us, if we just stop and listen. If taking communion helps get you in the state to where you are fully able to pay attention to what is being communicated, then cool.
It was implied in your words. I know that arrogant contempt of all Catholic traditions only too well.
In other words: "So we do not need Communion and other pagan Catholic rubbish" - as fanatically fundamental "Bible Christians" like to say.
I don't think it is a matter of need or not. Belief is very powerful. If you believe with all of your heart and soul that communion opens you to God and his message for you, then it does. Belief literally shapes your reality. Catholic beliefs are just as valid as say, Hindu beliefs, or other christian beliefs, or Judaism, Islam, etc. They are all wonderful as long as their is true spirituality occurring, and not just going through the motions.
I really don't understand why you are targeting fundamental Christians. We practice the lords supper... Jesus did command we do it in remembrance of what He did for us. That is what communion is right?
What’s wrong with having pagan traditions? A pagan ritual can be just as spiritually effective as a Christian one. Early Christians recognized this, and realized that the best way to spread Christianity was to incorporate those pagan traditions. The Roman Empire needed something to bring some sort of unity to the many peoples it subjugated, and found a common religion to be the solution. Repainting those rituals in a Christian context is likely what made the spread of early Christianity so successful. Ultimately the empire collapsed anyway, but the religion remained, and remained a framework that allowed later kingdoms and empires to unite, such as the Carolingian empire and Holy Roman Empire. Of course, kings and emperors, and even popes were probably more concerned with earthly power than spirituality, and of course massive atrocities were committed under the name of Christianity (as happens with almost every religion), but it still gave millions of people a way to tap into the spiritual world through prayer and faith. Everything happens for a reason. No religion and it’s associated rituals are better or worse than any other. Ultimately, they all honor and tap into the only thing that really exists: God (or Allah, the great spirit, the universe, some pantheon of gods, or whatever else you want to label it).
Fair point. But Lindis is referring to the God who is greater than our higher self and the giver of our conscience. It is a way to honor and thank an individual outside of ourselves, rather than our conscience which is near to congratulating ones own self. If someone gave you a compass which saved you from being lost. Would you thank the compass or the person who gave it to you. Lindis thanks the person who gave him the compass, the life, and everything. In Christianity, that would be Jesus Christ. Christians believe that we are nothing without God. And that he is literally the light and life of this world.
