tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349852820814335020.post5889879004483407925..comments2023-06-15T09:56:41.124-07:00Comments on Ramblings of a country pastor: Yeah, I skipped Sunday Mass! So What?Fr Bill Peckmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13645306356294218503noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349852820814335020.post-40624705816925761862015-10-23T09:57:54.700-07:002015-10-23T09:57:54.700-07:00So many miss that Mass is modelled on the Jewish ...So many miss that Mass is modelled on the Jewish Passover Meal adapted by Jesus High Priest who invites us to share a Meal. a powerful sign of friendship in His culture that binds a family together unbreakably. The sign of Peace is for genuine reconciliation not just a happy-clappy event- "go first be reconciled before worship." The preparation of Gifts echoes the ancient Church practice of offering bread and wine AND other produce fpr the clergy AND the needy, as understood by daily bread- Eucharist and feeding the hungry- as in MT 25:36-41 seeing Christ in other images of the Invisible God. HermitTalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02974852736879824904noreply@blogger.com