Thinking about the gospel lectionary for next Sunday (John 20:19ff), I wonder if the fact that Jesus appears in the upper room and “shows them his wounds” is a moment in which cross and resurrection become a single reality. And when we eat and drink the body and blood of Christ it also unites cross and resurrection. The bread and wine emerge from the wounds of the cross, which are now present to us in the Eucharistic feast.
Beautiful. Methinks Maximus is smiling, maybe with a fist pump and a twirl. I guess Rahner's on the list now, too. I'll need a new bookcase, and maybe a few more years.
Scot McKnight is surveying a book about Paul and time written by L. Ann Jervis. His most recent post describes Christ’s Parousia as already present yet vailed. It is only happening in time sequentially for us. And we who are in Christ live within that glorified presence now.
Couple this with Rahner’s words about the Eucharist being an Easter feast as well as a Good Friday feast we get the full mystery that the Eucharist.
Thinking about the gospel lectionary for next Sunday (John 20:19ff), I wonder if the fact that Jesus appears in the upper room and “shows them his wounds” is a moment in which cross and resurrection become a single reality. And when we eat and drink the body and blood of Christ it also unites cross and resurrection. The bread and wine emerge from the wounds of the cross, which are now present to us in the Eucharistic feast.
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Beautiful. Methinks Maximus is smiling, maybe with a fist pump and a twirl. I guess Rahner's on the list now, too. I'll need a new bookcase, and maybe a few more years.
Scot McKnight is surveying a book about Paul and time written by L. Ann Jervis. His most recent post describes Christ’s Parousia as already present yet vailed. It is only happening in time sequentially for us. And we who are in Christ live within that glorified presence now.
Couple this with Rahner’s words about the Eucharist being an Easter feast as well as a Good Friday feast we get the full mystery that the Eucharist.
And so it is the mystery of faith:
Christ has died.
Christ is risen.
Christ will come again.