{"id":3237,"date":"2015-10-18T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stmichaelarchangel.org\/?p=3237"},"modified":"2015-10-14T16:17:48","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T20:17:48","slug":"the-divine-liturgy-and-our-worship-of-god-20151018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stmichaelarchangel.org\/?p=3237","title":{"rendered":"The Divine Liturgy and Our Worship of God — 20151018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mystical Supper<\/p><\/div>\n

The Christian concept of anamnesis<\/em>\u00a0has Jewish roots and was tied to the covenant theology and worship practice of ancient Israel. Indeed, anamnesis<\/em> in Christianity coincides with the Jewish understanding of zikkaron<\/em>, a Hebrew word which has been rendered as a memorial reenactment<\/em>. One author, Smolarski, explains it as remembrance \u201cthat makes the effects of a historical event present and effective for the\u00a0\u00a0 believer.\u201d<\/p>\n

In accordance with our Christian understanding, the covenant by which God bestowed Canaan upon the Israelites by striking down the Egyptians while passing over the Israelites in Egypt, has not been\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 abrogated. On the contrary, much as Israel has been instructed to commemorate \u201cthe Passover sacrifice of Yahweh\u201d, Christians make present for all time the salvific Passover offering of Jesus Christ. The\u00a0Pasch<\/em>\u00a0of Christ, by which a \u201cnew covenant\u201d is established between God and man, is the actualization and fulfillment of the ancient \u201ccovenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob\u201d. Truly the synoptic gospels present Jesus as instituting the Eucharist during a Passover meal celebrated with his followers, giving to the Passover a new and distinctly Christian memory.\u00a0 Jesus gave to an eternal covenant <\/em>a new sacramental <\/em>and anamnetic<\/em> significance.\u00a0Therefore, by Christian initiation believers are drawn into Christ\u2019s paschal mystery\u00a0\u00a0 by participation in the present moment. We who were baptized into Christ were baptized into his life, death and resurrection. We were indeed buried with him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live in newness of life.<\/p>\n

On one hand, both the Old and New Testaments are replete with the notion of anamnesis<\/em>, as the remembrance of God\u2019s past action that leads to \u201cnewness of life\u201d in the present. On the other hand, the Greek\u00a0anamnesis\u00a0<\/em>and the Hebrew zikkaron,<\/em> which has the nearest meaning to anamnesis<\/em>, are not common words in Scripture. Derivatives of\u00a0zikkaron\u00a0<\/em>appear fifty-nine times in the Hebrew Scriptures, and its usage is most often connected to temple sacrifice. Anamnesis<\/em>\u00a0appears only nine times in the Septuagint and, in the New Testament, anamnesis<\/em> and similar words are even rarer, with only seven appearances<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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