Sentences with phrase «sacred meal of»

Most prominent among these was a sacred meal of special kinds of food which the brothers ate, clad in holy garments, in perfect silence.

Alike in the sacred meals of Judaism and of paganism, another idea had from primitive times been dominant — by eating the sacrificed and dedicated food, union was consummated between the worshiper and his deity.

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When, therefore, we find them also possessing sacraments, fairly magical in their efficacy — especially baptisms, whether of water or of blood, and sacred meals that conferred union with the deity — the query inevitably rises in how far in these regards they influenced Christianity.

As for the Lord's Supper, it began so simply that at first every meal where disciples ate together was a sacred communion, and their ordinary bread and wine were memorials of their Lord's sacrifice.

As she continues to read, we hear about Paul's incarceration and persecution, about how Jesus is «the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation,» about watching out for all those false teachings that circulated through the trade routes, about how we ought to stop judging each other over differences of opinion regarding religious festivals and food (I blush a little at this point and resolved to make peace with some rather opinionated friends before the next sacred meal), about how we should clothe ourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, and love, about how we must forgive one another, about how the things that once separated Jew from Greek and slave from free are broken down at the foot of the cross, about how we should sing more hymns.

On Sunday and Monday nights, the community gathers to cook and share a sacred meal, just as the first followers of Jesus did.

The meaning of the sacred meal is immensely wide and diversified.

We are not powerless and fearful, not us: and so I pray and I work; I make coffee in the morning and hot meals to gather around the table at suppertime; I worship and sing out words of promise and praise; I raise children and read good books; I pray for my enemies and write letters and send money and show up to fold clothes and drop off meals with an extra bag of groceries; I advocate with the marginalized and amplify the oppressed and antagonize the Empire with a grin on my face; I will honour those who get after the work of the Kingdom and celebrate; I learn how to listen to those with whom I disagree; I abandon the idea that we can baptize sinful practices in the name of sacred purposes; I will stand in the middle of the field near my house with my face turned up to the rain and consider it a minor baptism.

The responsibilities of hospitality were sacred in the ancient East and three loaves are a meal for one person.

Prior to this period of history, the traditional words of blessing before a meal were «Blessed be thou, O Lord God, King of the Universe»; in this era the focus shifted ever so subtly and the food itself became the object of blessing — «Bless, O Lord, this food» — for food was considered mundane or profane, and only when touched by the holy words of a Christian could it be brought into the realm of the sacred.

The expectation plays a real part m the life of the Qumran sectaries, since they have a sacred meal -LRB-?

[2] For most, probably, the Mass is transparently a communal celebration of faith, culminating in a sacred meal, but fewwould say, if asked, that it puts them in mind of Calvary.

As far as the early Church is concerned, the saying could be a prophetic word in the context of a sacred meal anticipating the messianic banquet, at a time when the Church was concerned with the influx of the Gentiles.

I think one of the reasons I do not like breakfast for dinner is because I don't really have a sweet tooth, so the thought of eating a breakfast - type food that is on the sweeter side, such as sweet stack of pancakes or waffles, for dinner (the sacred meal) is a huge turnoff.

Pancakes are somewhat of a sacred meal in our house, meaning that they are revered above almost any other food.

This «detachment» to food and lack of priority to make meals sacred moments is America's food culture crisis.

Archaeologists say the ceremonial burial, found in 2012, is a striking reminder of a time when many North Americans valued the turkey as a sacred being, not a special holiday meal.

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I don't think IF is a magic bullet but I do appreciate how it completely destroyed the sacred cow bodybuilding diet of eating 5 - 6 small meals a day.

In India, as in many traditional cultures, meals are a time of sacred offering.