When I was a kid, I was amazed by the communion. My parents were hardly Christian, and never took part in it. But I saw it a couple of times when we happened to go to church, for a baptism, or on Christmas Day.
When I was in elementary school, and learnt what the communion means, I thought it was pretty bizarre. Eating the flesh of Jesus. Drinking his blood. What the Hell are you guys doing there by the altar?
When I was a teen, my friends and I once sneaked into the priest’s dressing room behind the pulpit. The huge coat hangers for his robes were quite impressive, flesh and blood of Jesus were disappointing. The wine and the biscuits which were stored in a cupboard in the corner, tasted like sour juice and pieces of paper (respectively). It was my first and last communion, kind of.
There’s such a long list of funny stuff on the letter C. Too much for one blogpost. So I rather summarize it in this childish C-poem:
Crying
Catholics
Craved for
Crusade when they were
Circumcized during the
Communion. But the
Cardinal
Cured them with
Celibacy >:)
Communion is a very sacred act. Not religious, but a way of becoming closer to Jesus. And the next one fall on Easter Sunday, this Sunday. Now that is really awesome.
ReplyDeleteYes, I know the communion is very sacred to many Christians. To me it's one of many weird ceremonies, the way it works. I grew up with the Protestant version of it. Learnt all of the magics in Christianity class in school.
DeleteNice poem. :-) It's difficult to rationally interprete spiritual things. It's like interpreting equations with no mathematical knowledge. Both math and religion books are man-made, but you need an extra dimension to see beyond the numbers and/or words to get the point of those cruel and bizarre stories.
ReplyDeleteThe ritual of Communion was established by Jesus Christ at the Last Supper. It is a simple act which symbolises the Christian's participation in the new life Christ has given them. There's nothing cruel or barbaric about it. Cruel and barbaric, however, does well describe the method by which Jesus was executed (despite his innocence) by the Roman government.
DeleteA good story needs both a prit agonist and an antagonist. What would the New Testament and Christianity been without Judas and Pontius Pilatus? Whoever made up the plot made a pretty good job .
DeleteA good story needs both a prit agonist and an antagonist. What would the New Testament and Christianity been without Judas and Pontius Pilatus? Whoever made up the plot made a pretty good job .
Delete@Crazy Diamond: I always found it easier to understand the math, because it's logical.
DeleteGod made the integers. The rest is Man's work. So they say >:)
I like your C poem. On communion. Roman Catholics believe in transubstantiation, that is, a mystical transformation of the elements of communion into the actual flesh and blood of Christ. Protestants reject this interpretation, and believe instead that Jesus offered the bread and wine at the Last Supper as symbols. The communion rite symbolises our relationship with God through Jesus's sacrificial death.
ReplyDeleteThe communion was one of the few sacraments Luther and the Protestants kept.
DeleteAs an adult I have read the interpretations of the communion. When I was a 10 yo kid it was just bizarre hocus pocus. We were taught to believe in this at school but I refused >:)
The communion was one of the few sacraments Luther and the Protestants kept.
DeleteAs an adult I have read the interpretations of the communion. When I was a 10 yo kid it was just bizarre hocus pocus. We were taught to believe in this at school but I refused >:)
Rituals and religious practices are often confusing. What one person believes to be truth isn't always understood by another. Many people have their own spiritual practices that have nothing to do with their practiced religion.
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Each person, his/her practise; that's fine with me. I tend to be quite rational, and never accepted the "the celestial dictatorship" , as Stephen Hawking called it >:)
DeleteThe name of your blog caught my eye from the long blog list. I have enjoyed your posts so far and will come back and visit to see what else you have in store.
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Thanks, and welcome back later >:)
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