tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33108441.post1417655256093472811..comments2023-10-24T10:46:17.229-05:00Comments on Contra Factum: Reserving the SacramentAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07398414371964792930noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33108441.post-80993396909071065592011-05-09T08:39:43.648-05:002011-05-09T08:39:43.648-05:00While I have no experience with reserving the sacr...While I have no experience with reserving the sacrament, reading your post triggered a few ideas in my mind. I think "...reserving it bears witness to an understanding that what happens in the past matters, that bread and wine once set aside are not automatically returned to secular use as soon as the service is over." is the most powerful statement you've got in this entire post, because I think it comes very close to the scriptural reflection of how we are to live our lives. Too many Christians treat their own lives/bodies in this same fashion. Once out of church, it is returned to its secular use. If I could change the topic of that quote, I might do something like this:<br /><br />"...reserving yourself bears witness to an understanding that what happened in the past matters, that once outside the church you are not automatically returned to secular use as soon as the service is over."<br /><br />This seems to connect very well with Romans 12:1-2 in my mind:<br /><br />"1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. 2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will."Eclipsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04385139331267846826noreply@blogger.com