tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646018.post110402275652318417..comments2023-09-05T05:56:07.500-05:00Comments on St. Casserole: Merry Christmas!St. Casserolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14046979001194772038noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646018.post-1104867802323655452005-01-04T13:43:00.000-06:002005-01-04T13:43:00.000-06:00Our older rite (Rite IV), which has not been in co...Our older rite (Rite IV), which has not been in common usage since 1968 says:<br />"And here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, ourselves, our souls and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy and lively sacrifice unto thee; humbly beseeching thee that all we who are partakers of this Holy Communion may be filled with thy grace and heavenly benediction."<br /><br />This is followed by the "Prayer of Humble Access" (which is left out of the new rite -- and that I really, really miss)<br /><br />"We do not presume to come to this thy table, O merciful Lord, trusting in own righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies.<br />We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table..."<br /><br />I like the idea of being a lively sacrifice..... and sometimes one that comes kicking and screaming....Theresa Colemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12134175277230355640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646018.post-1104153150795833112004-12-27T07:12:00.000-06:002004-12-27T07:12:00.000-06:00Thanks, Mike.
I'm going study this more. Your cit...Thanks, Mike. <br />I'm going study this more. Your cite makes sense.St. Casserolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14046979001194772038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646018.post-1104035299675638932004-12-25T22:28:00.000-06:002004-12-25T22:28:00.000-06:00Sorry, make that 11 chapters. It's too late at ni...Sorry, make that 11 chapters. It's too late at night to be doing math. ;)Rev. Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11912713608436471464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646018.post-1104035230714535152004-12-25T22:27:00.000-06:002004-12-25T22:27:00.000-06:00The last time I recall that particular language it...The last time I recall that particular language it actually was in the context of Romans 12:1 in the KJV:<br /><br />I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.<br /><br />I always thought it to be saying that in view of all that Paul had written in the previous 12 chapters, offering ourselves as a living sacrifice was the reasonable response to what Paul had written. I'm such a modernist.Rev. Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11912713608436471464noreply@blogger.com