Love doesn’t have boundaries
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Extraits marquants
- The Eucharistic table is about the boundary-less love of Christ.
Résumé
The central celebration in the christian faith, the Eurcharist, can be a sign and a practice that welcomes all.
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The Lord's table, Eucharist,
in our understanding
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was meant to
bring people together
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in solidarity, in inner formation
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of the gospel which is about
unconditional love.
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As you know, Roman Catholics
will be reluctant to participate
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in Eucharist offered by Protestants.
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Protestants may be reluctant to
invite Roman Catholics or Orthodox.
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So we have got this lack of
acceptance of lordship of Jesus
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as a host at this table.
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So we often say
this is not our table.
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This is not our Eucharist.
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This is Lord Jesus and Lord
Jesus is inviting everybody
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regardless whether
they are Roman Catholics,
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Anglicans or Muslims or Hindus
and whomever they are
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because love does not have boundaries.
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And this table, Eucharistic table,
is about boundaryless love of Christ.
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And therefore,
we never hesitate to share fruit,
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of the food from this table
with anybody.
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Obviously Muslims cannot
participate in Eucharist
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in wine but they are never
reluctant to accept bread
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which is offered from us to
them in the name of Christ
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as a sign of peace,
as a sign of reconciliation
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as a sign of common past
and common future.
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And I think it is as simple as that.
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The Lord's table, Eucharist, in our understanding was meant to bring people together in solidarity, in inner formation of the gospel which is about unconditional love. As you know, Roman Catholics will be reluctant to participate in Eucharist offered by Protestants. Protestants may be reluctant to invite Roman Catholics or Orthodox. So we have got this lack of acceptance of lordship of Jesus as a host at this table. So we often say this is not our table. This is not our Eucharist. This is Lord Jesus and Lord Jesus is inviting everybody regardless whether they are Roman Catholics, Anglicans or Muslims or Hindus and whomever they are because love does not have boundaries. And this table, Eucharistic table, is about boundaryless love of Christ. And therefore, we never hesitate to share fruit, of the food from this table with anybody. Obviously Muslims cannot participate in Eucharist in wine but they are never reluctant to accept bread which is offered from us to them in the name of Christ as a sign of peace, as a sign of reconciliation as a sign of common past and common future. And I think it is as simple as that.