Homilies on the Christian Life · Lecture 042
On Holy Communion (fragment)
A lecture by Dimitrios Panagopoulos · Δείτε στα Ελληνικά
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Summary
Dimitrios Panagopoulos interprets the pre-Communion prayer entrusting one’s entire life and hope to Christ, with references including Isaiah 49:15-16, 1 Peter 5:7, John 19:11, John 2, 1 Corinthians 11:28, Psalm 34:7, and Judges 6. The prayer is read as a demand for complete surrender, not partial religious interest, illustrated by the swimmer carried by the sea and the client who must give an attorney the whole case. Basil the Great’s Liturgy is said to enumerate eighteen graces of Holy Communion, forfeited by abstention. Cyril of Alexandria, Gregory of Nyssa, and John Chrysostom are cited for the Real Presence, while conscience is presented as the inner witness before approaching Communion.
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