Eucharist
The Eucharist is the Sacrament of the Church, the sacrament of the new creation, the sacrament of the Kingdom of God – the alpha and omega of Christianity. Therefore, in the ultimate depth, the satanic struggle within the church is with the Eucharist, and this, of course, is not accidental. Without placing It at the foundation, the church becomes a “religious phenomenon” (one of the pagan religions), but not the Church of Christ, “the pillar and foundation of the Truth…”. Therefore, the entire history of the church is replete with “pious” attempts to make the Eucharist “safe” and for this to dissolve it in piety (to make it one of the sacraments – means of individual sanctification, obtaining grace by the parishioner-buyer), reduce it to “confession” (once or a few times a year!?), separate it from the Church (ecclesiology), from the world (cosmology, history), from the Kingdom (eschatology) (see in part II the three meanings of the term “Body of Christ”). And now (in particularly pre-flood, Sodom-Gomorrah times) as never before, it is necessary to fight for the Eucharist, against the dechurching of the Church (turning from the Conciliar Body of Christ into the synagogue of Satan) through its “clericalization” (priestcraft, stewardcraft – see above) – on the one hand, and its “secularization” (turning into a secular organization serving the needs and interests of this age) – on the other.
As long as it is possible to speak “today” (as long as this world exists), the faithful to Christ are obliged to proclaim in the desert of this age the Gospel of the Kingdom of God (which has come), the Truth about God, man, this world, the path to acquiring here and now the Holy Spirit.
Let’s say a few words about parishioners (baptized pagans) and parish members (Christians). Parishioners come from home to the parish (to the temple) to take, buy (what they want, like, according to their need, according to their requirement), and a parish member comes to the Parish-Church-Eucharist – home, to give himself to the Husband, His Body! A parishioner is a fornicator who uses the parish for his own purposes, for his own needs, for himself (yes, he pays money for this, a tithe… – everything as it should be; the girls-prostitutes – the priests-sacrificers will not provide intimate-religious services for free; in the synagogues of Satan, everything is as in public houses (brothels))! A parish member is a faithful wife of the Bridegroom-Husband Christ who returns from “work” to the Home, to the Church, a Christian (= parish member) – he is entirely Christ’s! And he comes to the Sacrament of the Church Eucharist (Intimacy-Eros of Hypostatic Union in one Body) only because the Husband wants this (“Only because You want me to Commune… and I myself am unworthy…”). Yes, and the faithful (parish member) desires Christ, but humbly gives himself to Him in humility and obedience, and tries to fulfill everything the Church says (preaches) to the letter (iota). And the parishioner takes into account only what he likes, is convenient, from the word-sermon, and the priest is not concerned whether the parishioners (clients of religious intimate-services-requirements) will fulfill God’s commandments; his job – to announce them (according to the statute), and then – how this seed-grain will fall (on which soil – ready or not, in thorns, bushes, on stone…), what fruit it will bear – this is not his business (everyone for himself), they had intercourse (fulfilled the requirement) – and dispersed each to his own!
A parishioner comes to the church (store, supermarket of “spiritual” services) to take or buy satisfaction for his religious needs-requirements. A parish member comes to the Church, to the Home, to completely give himself to Christ and His Body, to become one with His Body! A parishioner is a fornicator (one who uses others, their body-soul for his own purposes, for himself). A parish member is a faithful Wife, the Bride of the Lamb, who gave (and each time in the Eucharist actualizes this baptismal self-giving) all of herself and everything of hers to Him! To partake of the Eucharist is to give oneself to Christ, not to take something from Christ, or to use Christ (even for the noblest purposes – for healing, forgiveness of sins…). Parish members have no life of their own, the life of Christians is Christ, the Husband-Bridegroom – “it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me”! Whoever has ears to hear, let them understand!
All the life of a Christian is (should be) preparation for Communion (union into one Body with the Husband-Christ) – just as it is and should be the spiritual fruit of Communion (knowledge of Christ by the Holy Spirit). “To You we commit all our life and hope, Master Lover of Mankind…” – we read in the liturgical prayer before Communion. All our (Christ’s – those who have entered into Marriage with Christ) life is judged and measured by our membership (faithfulness to Christ, His Body) in the Church, which means our participation in the Body and Blood of Christ. Everything in our life should be filled and transformed by the grace of this participation. Christ came to us not so that we could allocate a small part (or even a tithe, or the seventh day) of our life to fulfill “religious duties”. He demands, desires the whole person and all of their life completely (and in Marriage, it cannot be otherwise). He left us in the Sacrament of Communion Himself, to sanctify and purify all our existence, to unite all aspects of our life with Him. A Christian is one who lives between the incarnation of Christ and His return, His appearance in glory to judge the living and the dead; between the Eucharist and the Eucharist – the Sacrament of memory and the Sacrament of hope and expectation. In the early Church, this was precisely the rhythm of participation in the Eucharist – life in the memory of one and the expectation of the future. This rhythm correctly formed Christian spirituality, gave it true meaning: living in this world, we already here participate in the new life of the coming world, transforming the “old” – with the “new”.