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What kind of sacrifice is the Roman Mass (Holy Communion)? What does the priest offer and what is the effect of this sacrifice?

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  1. Hebrews 7:27 NKJV — "who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people’s, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself."

  2. All just hung up on words. Words are so limited in regards to Divine Mystery. The Eucharist is the means of forgiveness. The action of Calvary and Eucharist are inseparable. It's not a killing of Jesus. It's bringing forth Gogatha thru time and space. It's spirituality realized and supernaturally actualized.

  3. Do you think that Augustine agreed with the Roman doctrine of sacrifice in the Mass? I've seen some of his quotes from City of God 17 and Epistle to Boniface 9, and they kind of seem to say the same thing. What do you think?

  4. ευχαριστώ (ευ + χάρις) this greek word is much more rich than the translation leaves us to guess. It contains the word ''grace''/χάρις. ευ means good. ''I am in good grace'', may be another, more subtle, translation. Ευχαριστία so is a gift of grace. As we know, grace is from God, so Eucharist is a gift of God also. Another point I 'd like to do is that in the Eastern Orthodox church, they say ''η θυσία του Χριστού καθίσταται παρούσα'', i.e. Christ's sacrifice becomes visible/present. This is something more subtle. It actually says that it is not done again, but the old, one and only sacrifice is becoming present/visible among us again in the sacrament. The Holy Spirit brings it again among us. It is not a new sacrifice. Modern roman catholicism agrees with this and this fact brings us, Lutherans, Rome and Constantinople very close together in what has to do with the Eucharist.

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