liturgies and Protestants

[John Wordsman]

May God bless you Russ.
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>From: Russ Irwin <rirwinaUSAOR.NET>
>Reply-To: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage <GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu>
>To: GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu
>Subject: Re: liturgies and Protestants
>Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 01:00:01 -0400
>
>MJ Anderson wrote:
>
> >St.Paul says , "He who eats and drinks of the Body and Blood in an
> >unworthy manner, drinks judgment upon himself."
>
>I was going to stay out of this, but I would like to share my own feelings.
>The "unworthy manner"
>part I totally agree with. Okay, I was baptized Catholic, went to a
>Catholic grade school, and was
>confirmed Catholic - But: For over 30 years now I have been what most would
>call a "fallen away
>Catholic", and I don't plan on changing that (the reasons are personal and
>will stay that way).
>
>So, having said that, I plan on, and have looked forward to for months, to
>take communion while on
>the Camino! For reasons that I can't even explain to myself, this is very
>important to me. Not only
>my belief about Jesus, but also my innermost feelings about Him, are
>probably deeper than a good
>many of practicing Catholics. If that isn't a "worthy manner" then I don't
>know what is.
>
>Please, I really don't wish to offend anyone. I just finally got up the
>guts to state my feelings.
>
>Russ

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