Sentences with phrase «mere bread and wine»

He had to deny that he had wax candles burning before the altar in Littlemore Chapel, (which Anthony Russell repeated in his Clerical Profession in 1980) and that «he bowed to the Holy Elements in the Service... before Consecration» (which Newman pointed out was an absurdity since then it was «mere bread and wine»).

And we are ready to have someone point to what is in our midst and say, There it is, the peace you yearn for: everlasting Love given to you in what looks to be but mere bread and wine» gift, pure gift, questions answered, wounds healed, loneliness vanished, and death of every sort conquered.

Not exact matches

Here the sun, the centre of the universe, its eastern rising, its brilliant light pouring past the great crucifix over the cathedral sanctuary, is mere material by which the cosmic architect fashions a symbol that speaks of himself, his silent, humble presence in the bread and wine that is given to be eaten.

In a similar way, the Eucharist is sacramental only because the worshipper does not rest content with the mere eating of bread and the drinking of wine.