Every Knee Shall Bow

gimmebroadband

A Eucharistic flash mob in the centre of Preston, organised by the Capuchin Franciscans on Ascension Thursday 2011. Today is the Feast Day of Corpus Christi (The Body Of Christ).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ5aYoSr3Hg

Baggio1

well done those faithfull who kneeled before the Blessed Sacrament,,,,,, not easy in these unbelieving times,,, not sure i could in such a public place - but goood on em!

lmaopml

This is pretty cool gimmebroadband. You see every kind of individual on the busy high street, accept leaflets, pocket em, move on, hear people busking, and various musicians and artists putting a talent on display - political marches, political protests etc. etc. etc. and of course people who are homeless and others who are begging...addicts etc. etc.

It's rare that you see anything like somebody proclaiming Jesus, short and concise - except in Church really, where preaching to the choir happens....well, particularly in the West anyways.

Although, I have witness some religious displays, mainly Hare Krishna ( I like thier drums..lol ) or at the doorstep, Lds.

I love the end when the crowd finally get the full picture of the idea of the display and clap, as awkward as it may have been initially. The 'uncomfortable' faces aside - it was worth doing imo! Why not? It made a few uncomfortable, and others cynical, and others couldn't resist bending their knee no matter! Cool!

gimmebroadband

Here’s what the friar recites before the crowd.


“Jesus Christ is in every book of the Bible.
In Genesis, Jesus is the Seed of the Woman.
In Exodus, He is the Passover Lamb.
In Leviticus, He is the Priest, the Altar, and the Lamb of Sacrifice.
In Numbers, He is a Pillar of Cloud by day and the Pillar of Fire by Night.
In Deuteronomy, Jesus is the Prophet, like Moses.
Come and kneel before Him now.
In Joshua, Jesus is the Captain of Our Salvation.
In Judges, He is our Judge and Lawgiver.
In Ruth, He is our kinsman Redeemer.
In 1 and 2 Samuel, He is our Trusted Prophet.
In Kings and Chronicles, He is our Reigning King.
In Ezra, He is the rebuilder of the broken down walls of human life.
Come and kneel before Him now.
In Nehemiah, Jesus is our Restorer.
In Tobit, He is the Messenger of New Life.
In Judith, He is Weakness Turned into Victory.
In Esther, He is our Advocate.
In 1 and 2 Maccabees, He is the Leader who dies for God’s law.
Come and kneel before Him now.
In Job, Jesus is our Everliving Redeemer.
In Psalms, He is our Shepherd.
In Proverbs, He is our Wisdom.
In Ecclesiastes, He is our Hope of Resurrection.
In the Song of Songs, He is our Loving Bridegroom.
In Wisdom, He is the emanation of God’s thought.
In Ecclesiasticus (Sirach), Jesus is our security.
Come and kneel before Him now.
In Isaiah, Jesus is the Suffering Servant.
In Jeremiah, He is the Righteous Branch.
In Lamentations, He is our Weeping Prophet.
In Baruch, He is the Mercy from the Eternal One.
In Ezekiel, He is the One with the Right to Rule.
In Daniel, Jesus is the Fourth Man in the fiery furnace.
Come and kneel before Him now.
In Hosea, Jesus is the Faithful Husband forever married to the sinner.
In Joel, He is the One who Baptizes with the Holy Spirit of Fire.
In Amos, He is the Restorer of Justice.
In Obadiah, He is Mighty to Save.
In Jonah, He is our great foreign missionary.
In Micah, He is the feet of one who brings Good News.
Come and kneel before Him now.
In Nahum, Jesus is our stronghold in the day of trouble.
In Habakkuk, He is God my Savior.
In Zephaniah, He is the King of Israel.
In Haggai, He is the signet ring.
In Zechariah, He is our Humble King riding on a colt.
In Malachi, Jesus is the Son of Righteousness.
Come and kneel before Him now.
In Matthew, Jesus is God with us.
In Mark, He is the Son of God.
In Luke, He is the Son of Mary, feeling what you feel.
In John, He is the Bread of Life.
In Acts, Jesus is the Savior of the World.
Come and kneel before Him now.
In Romans, Jesus is the Righteousness of God.
In 1 Corinthians, He is the Resurrection.
In 2 Corinthians, He is the God of all comfort.
In Galatians, He is your liberty. He sets you free.
In Ephesians, Jesus is the Head of the Church.
Come and kneel before Him now.
In Philippians, Jesus is your Joy.
In Colossians, He is your Completeness.
In 1 and 2 Thessalonians, He is your Hope.
In 1 Timothy, He is your Faith.
In 2 Timothy, Jesus is your Stability.
Come and kneel before Him now.
In Titus, Jesus is Truth.
In Philemon, He is your Benefactor.
In Hebrews, He is your Perfection.
In James, He is the Power behind your Faith.
In 1 Peter, He is your Example.
In 2 Peter, Jesus is your Purity.
Come and kneel before Him now.
In 1 John, Jesus is your Life.
In 2 John, He is your Pattern.
In 3 John, He is your Motivation.
In Jude, He is the Foundation of your Faith.
In Revelation, Jesus is your Coming King.
He is:
The First and the Last.
The Beginning and the End.
He is the Keeper of Creation and the Creator of All.
He is the Architect of the Universe and the Manager of All Time.
He Always Was, He Always Is, and He Always Will Be Unmoved, Unchanged, Undefeated, and Never Undone.
He was bruised and brought healing.
He was pierced and eased pain.
He was persecuted and brought freedom.
He was dead and brought life.
He is risen and brings power.
He reigns and brings peace.
The world can’t understand Him.
The armys can’t defeat Him.
Schools can’t explain Him and the leaders can’t ignore Him.
Herod couldn’t kill Him.
The Pharisees couldn’t confuse Him.
The people couldn’t hold him. [This is where the clapping begins]
Nero couldn’t crush Him.
Hitler couldn’t silence Him.
The New Age can’t replace Him.
And Oprah can’t explain Him away.
He is Life, Love, Longevity, and Lord.
He is Goodness, Kindness, Gentleness and God.
He is Holy, Righteous, Mighty, Powerful, and Pure.
His Ways our Right, His Words Eternal, His Rules Unchanging, and His
Mind is on me.
He is My Redeemer, He is My Savior, He is My God, He is My Priest, He is My Joy, He is My Comfort, He is My Lord, and He rules my life.”

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Bob Cratchet

Wonderful thread. Thank you. God Bless.

philologos

I like this a lot really. It speaks a lot into the importance of Biblical literacy something which I find that we need to reclaim.

Festus

Now this is Christianity. God bless you for bring this to us.

alex73

http://www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/mir/english_pdf/Bolsena1.pdf

wolfsbane

gimmebroadband wrote: »

Here’s what the friar recites before the crowd.


“Jesus Christ is in every book of the Bible.
In Genesis, Jesus is the Seed of the Woman.
In Exodus, He is the Passover Lamb.
In Leviticus, He is the Priest, the Altar, and the Lamb of Sacrifice.
In Numbers, He is a Pillar of Cloud by day and the Pillar of Fire by Night.
In Deuteronomy, Jesus is the Prophet, like Moses.
Come and kneel before Him now.
In Joshua, Jesus is the Captain of Our Salvation.
In Judges, He is our Judge and Lawgiver.
In Ruth, He is our kinsman Redeemer.
In 1 and 2 Samuel, He is our Trusted Prophet.
In Kings and Chronicles, He is our Reigning King.
In Ezra, He is the rebuilder of the broken down walls of human life.
Come and kneel before Him now.
In Nehemiah, Jesus is our Restorer.
In Tobit, He is the Messenger of New Life.
In Judith, He is Weakness Turned into Victory.
In Esther, He is our Advocate.
In 1 and 2 Maccabees, He is the Leader who dies for God’s law.
Come and kneel before Him now.
In Job, Jesus is our Everliving Redeemer.
In Psalms, He is our Shepherd.
In Proverbs, He is our Wisdom.
In Ecclesiastes, He is our Hope of Resurrection.
In the Song of Songs, He is our Loving Bridegroom.
In Wisdom, He is the emanation of God’s thought.
In Ecclesiasticus (Sirach), Jesus is our security.
Come and kneel before Him now.
In Isaiah, Jesus is the Suffering Servant.
In Jeremiah, He is the Righteous Branch.
In Lamentations, He is our Weeping Prophet.
In Baruch, He is the Mercy from the Eternal One.
In Ezekiel, He is the One with the Right to Rule.
In Daniel, Jesus is the Fourth Man in the fiery furnace.
Come and kneel before Him now.
In Hosea, Jesus is the Faithful Husband forever married to the sinner.
In Joel, He is the One who Baptizes with the Holy Spirit of Fire.
In Amos, He is the Restorer of Justice.
In Obadiah, He is Mighty to Save.
In Jonah, He is our great foreign missionary.
In Micah, He is the feet of one who brings Good News.
Come and kneel before Him now.
In Nahum, Jesus is our stronghold in the day of trouble.
In Habakkuk, He is God my Savior.
In Zephaniah, He is the King of Israel.
In Haggai, He is the signet ring.
In Zechariah, He is our Humble King riding on a colt.
In Malachi, Jesus is the Son of Righteousness.
Come and kneel before Him now.
In Matthew, Jesus is God with us.
In Mark, He is the Son of God.
In Luke, He is the Son of Mary, feeling what you feel.
In John, He is the Bread of Life.
In Acts, Jesus is the Savior of the World.
Come and kneel before Him now.
In Romans, Jesus is the Righteousness of God.
In 1 Corinthians, He is the Resurrection.
In 2 Corinthians, He is the God of all comfort.
In Galatians, He is your liberty. He sets you free.
In Ephesians, Jesus is the Head of the Church.
Come and kneel before Him now.
In Philippians, Jesus is your Joy.
In Colossians, He is your Completeness.
In 1 and 2 Thessalonians, He is your Hope.
In 1 Timothy, He is your Faith.
In 2 Timothy, Jesus is your Stability.
Come and kneel before Him now.
In Titus, Jesus is Truth.
In Philemon, He is your Benefactor.
In Hebrews, He is your Perfection.
In James, He is the Power behind your Faith.
In 1 Peter, He is your Example.
In 2 Peter, Jesus is your Purity.
Come and kneel before Him now.
In 1 John, Jesus is your Life.
In 2 John, He is your Pattern.
In 3 John, He is your Motivation.
In Jude, He is the Foundation of your Faith.
In Revelation, Jesus is your Coming King.
He is:
The First and the Last.
The Beginning and the End.
He is the Keeper of Creation and the Creator of All.
He is the Architect of the Universe and the Manager of All Time.
He Always Was, He Always Is, and He Always Will Be Unmoved, Unchanged, Undefeated, and Never Undone.
He was bruised and brought healing.
He was pierced and eased pain.
He was persecuted and brought freedom.
He was dead and brought life.
He is risen and brings power.
He reigns and brings peace.
The world can’t understand Him.
The armys can’t defeat Him.
Schools can’t explain Him and the leaders can’t ignore Him.
Herod couldn’t kill Him.
The Pharisees couldn’t confuse Him.
The people couldn’t hold him. [This is where the clapping begins]
Nero couldn’t crush Him.
Hitler couldn’t silence Him.
The New Age can’t replace Him.
And Oprah can’t explain Him away.
He is Life, Love, Longevity, and Lord.
He is Goodness, Kindness, Gentleness and God.
He is Holy, Righteous, Mighty, Powerful, and Pure.
His Ways our Right, His Words Eternal, His Rules Unchanging, and His
Mind is on me.
He is My Redeemer, He is My Savior, He is My God, He is My Priest, He is My Joy, He is My Comfort, He is My Lord, and He rules my life.”

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So much truth - but defiled by making believe in a wafer-god.

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Exodus 20:4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;

Bob Cratchet

wolfsbane wrote: »

So much truth - but defiled by making believe in a wafer-god.

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Exodus 20:4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;

The only one defiling anything around here is you. John 6:66

alex73

wolfsbane wrote: »

So much truth - but defiled by making believe in a wafer-god.

Unleavened broad. Flour and water baked. As Christ used in the last supper. Take this all of your and eat it. This is my body.

Of all the beliefs it is one of the most central to the Church (east and West).

Spent many nights in prayer in various monasteries in Greece and Romania, and they are more hold as much Faith in the Eucharist as the east.

wolfsbane

Bob Cratchet wrote: »

The only one defiling anything around here is you. John 6:66

If only they had understood the meaning of Christ's words:
John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.

He spoke of spiritual things, not of eating flesh and blood. Receiving Him in our hearts, not our mouths.

The Jews misunderstood His words and rebelled at the cannibalism they thought He meant. The Catholics think He justified cannibalism. True Christians know that He spoke of faith and repentance.

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John 7:37 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” 39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

Festus

wolfsbane wrote: »

So much truth - but defiled by making believe in a wafer-god.

If you wish to attack what we believe or insult our practices would you not be better taking this anti-catholic rhetoric to the Protestant\Catholic debate thread?

wolfsbane

Festus wrote: »

If you wish to attack what we believe or insult our practices would you not be better taking this anti-catholic rhetoric to the Protestant\Catholic debate thread?

If it was a Catholic-only thread, I would not have intervened. But as it was open to all and I assume invited comment, I commented. If the OP wanted only supporting comments, he should have said.

If I have misunderstood correct procedure, I'll be glad of moderatorial guidance.

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John 7:37 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” 39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

philologos

I think wolfsbane has actually been overall quite complementary. He noted that there was a lot of truth in the video, but ultimately that he doesn't believe that the host becomes the literal body of Christ. Rather the Eucharist is a symbolic reminder of Christ's sacrifice for mankind on the cross. I would largely agree with him while also saying that there is much to be praised in that video.

alex73

wolfsbane wrote: »

If only they had understood the meaning of Christ's words:
John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.

He spoke of spiritual things, not of eating flesh and blood. Receiving Him in our hearts, not our mouths.

The Jews misunderstood His words and rebelled at the cannibalism they thought He meant. The Catholics think He justified cannibalism. True Christians know that He spoke of faith and repentance.

I presume when you used the word wafer you are probably Free Presbyterian?.

To understand what Catholics believe you really need to travel to the Orthodox church, To understand that from the very beginning the church believed in his real presence in the Eurcharist. The work itself is Greek and I presume you know what it means.

What Christ did had such and impact on the apostles that we know from very early on in the Church they did commemorate the last super.

Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, Origen, Council of Nicaea I, Ambrose of Milan, Justin Martyr, Ignatius of Antioch.

The real presence of Christ was a given central faith in the church. It was celebrated in Greek.

Matthew 26:26-28 is clear enough... But Bible aside. The real presence in the Eurcharist was central to the Church.

Catholics believe this... and so do the Orthodox.


I have had several discussions with protestants on the Eucharist. It usually ends up going nowhere. They say they believe in Holy scripture, but what they believe in is their interpretation of this bible.

Festus

philologos wrote: »

I think wolfsbane has actually been overall quite complementary. He noted that there was a lot of truth in the video, but ultimately that he doesn't believe that the host becomes the literal body of Christ. Rather the Eucharist is a symbolic reminder of Christ's sacrifice for mankind on the cross. I would largely agree with him while also saying that there is much to be praised in that video.

The sum total of what wolfsbane said is "Truth defiled", with a delicate salting of blasphemy. Your generosity is noted but his original statement is hardly complementary.

Festus

wolfsbane wrote: »

If it was a Catholic-only thread, I would not have intervened. But as it was open to all and I assume invited comment, I commented. If the OP wanted only supporting comments, he should have said.

If I have misunderstood correct procedure, I'll be glad of moderatorial guidance.

The moderators can deal with the Charter.

Perhaps you would care to define what you mean by "defiled" and "wafer-god"?

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shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable upon conviction on
indictment to a fine not exceeding \25,000.
(2) For the purposes of this section, a person publishes or utters
blasphemous matter if—
(a) he or she publishes or utters matter that is grossly abusive
or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by any
religion, thereby causing outrage among a substantial
number of the adherents of that religion, and
(b) he or she intends, by the publication or utterance of the
matter concerned, to cause such outrage.

Bob Cratchet

wolfsbane wrote: »

The Catholics think He justified cannibalism

Complete and utter rubbish, and a deliberate misrepresentation of what Catholics believe.

It is the body, soul, and divinity of the risen and glorified Christ.
It is a complete metaphysical change, not a physical one.

PDN

Look guys, there's already a Protestant/Catholic megathread where you canm argue this stuff. Stop bringing it into every thread please.

wolfsbane

PDN wrote: »

Look guys, there's already a Protestant/Catholic megathread where you canm argue this stuff. Stop bringing it into every thread please.

Can you move this for us?

alex73

wolfsbane wrote: »

Can you move this for us?

Why? Not everything is a Catholic-Protestant debate. Leave the thread stand as it is.

Bob Cratchet

wolfsbane wrote: »

Can you move this for us?

Why did you not take it there originally ?

PDN

Bob Cratchet wrote: »

Why did you not take it there originally ?

Let it stand where it is now as an example of your own defilement.

Nothing will be moved. But any more squabbling, baiting or coat-trailing will be infracted.

lmaopml

Well, I think it's rather obvious that Catholics believe in the 'real' very real presense in the Eucharist, and mass, and others believe that it is merely symbolic etc. That's not a shock to any of us here, I would imagine....

I think we could discuss this elsewhere and it may be of benefit to all of our understanding and being understood too. Even if we agree to disagree ultimately - no harm in talking about it on a new thread or whatever, without doing down the theme of the thread..proclaiming the Gospel on the streets no matter - That's what freedom allows and the good Monk demonstrated!

Actually, the 'breaking of bread' and 'miracles of bread' themselves and how it is so important in Scripture is fascinating - right back to the 'Temptation of Christ' after being baptised in the Jordan. It plays such a significant role that it would be worth discussing with leavened heads..lol..and some patience.

wolfsbane

Bob Cratchet wrote: »

Why did you not take it there originally ?

Because I was interested in commenting on this post. It is a difficult call - as alex73 point out, not everything can be reduced to a Prod/Cath debate; yet many things do touch on the differences.

Should I ignore the differences and not comment? Comment as I did? Or post the comment on the Prod/Cath Debate thread, with a ref. back to the original thread, and a ref. forward on the original thread?

On reflection, I think I should have done the latter. I don't know if there is a technical way of doing it, so I'm just going to repost my last replies there and give the necessary refs.

See Protestant/Catholic Debate thread, p29

My apologies for disturbing the thread.

alex73

@wolfsbane I think your posts were good. Of course I don't share your views, but they were reasoned..

But the Eucharist is pretty central to the Church east and west. Saints, Mystics, visionaries, Eucharistic miracles themselves attest to this.

I suppose its a case of For those who believe, no explanation is necessary. For those who do not believe, no explanation is possible.

SonOfAdam

We may differ as to the meaning of the 'real presence', for some that's found in the eucharist; for other's it's the presence of Jesus in our lives. Whatever our understanding of that is - Jesus was proclaimed on those streets and his presence was there. The Spirit of god uses every opportunity to raise the name of Jesus - it is not a validation of particular beliefs it is an indication that the Holy Spirit is at work as per Isaiah .

bastados

For me this is religion as spectacle.