"This is the feast of victory for our God ..."
WHAT is the feast?
Why are we singing this when the feast is not offered?
"I will take the cup of salvation ...."
But the chalice isn't on the altar today.
"I will pay my vows to the Lord now
in the presence of all His people,
in the courts of the Lord's house,
in the midst of you, o Jerusalem."
I'm still pondering this: IS the chancel heaven-on-earth when the Lord's Supper is not being celebrated? When we're in church for prayers and preaching, are the saints and angels in heaven joined with us in the same way that they are joined with us for the Holy Communion?
I like Matins and Vespers and Evening Prayer.
If there's no Supper, the prayer offices are good.
So why pray the liturgy that goes with the Supper and then not celebrate the Supper?
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I have often asked that same question and no one seems to have an answer.
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