Dining in the Kingdom of God: The Origins of Eucharist according to Luke
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- Create Date：2021-05-29 08:54:58
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Eugene LaVerdiere
- ISBN：1568540221
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Luke Wagner
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Father LaVerdiere's work on the Eucharist throughout the Gospel of Luke is fascinating， fun， and insightful。 As he walks you through all of the 10 meal scenes found in the Gospel of Luke， LaVerdiere excellently weaves all of the meal scenes together， showing how they point to Eucharist， the Lord's Supper。 While some of these stories are familiar to us， others of them are more obscure， and when viewed in light of their setting， as a banquet， a meal， a dinner party， or a Sabbath meal， they take on Father LaVerdiere's work on the Eucharist throughout the Gospel of Luke is fascinating， fun， and insightful。 As he walks you through all of the 10 meal scenes found in the Gospel of Luke， LaVerdiere excellently weaves all of the meal scenes together， showing how they point to Eucharist， the Lord's Supper。 While some of these stories are familiar to us， others of them are more obscure， and when viewed in light of their setting， as a banquet， a meal， a dinner party， or a Sabbath meal， they take on a whole new dimension of meaning。LaVerdiere splits the book into three sections: （1） At table with Jesus the Prophet; （2） At table with Jesus the Christ; and （3） At table with Jesus the Lord。 All three sections are insightful and have much to say about the Eucharist and about the community of believers。 I particularly enjoyed the third and final section， highlighting the meals the disciples shared with the risen Lord， after his death and resurrection。 This book， perhaps more than anything， shows the importance of embodied community， of the fellowship of believers， of showing hospitality， and of caring for the stranger， the poor， and the destitute。 All of these must be central to our understanding of the Church and specifically the Eucharist。 As we see in Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians， there are ways in which the gathering together of believers and the partaking of the Eucharist can be done in an immature， unjust， and unChrist-like manner。 Tracing the many meals of Jesus' life throughout the Gospel of Luke helps to show us exactly what kind of gathering the Church is， and what kind of meal the Eucharist is to be。 。。。more
Lisa
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