invited to the feast prepared by his Father. Webster concretizes this idea; by stating this new community does not include the family as we usually define it. Hence, it extends to the wider community. Story (2012) says that meal-setting serves to establish and maintain trust and solidarity. He added this is a ritual which establishes a social relationship, and food is employed as an instrument to start with, a sustaining or destroying mechanism of sociability. Jesus engages host and guests with table talk which is similar to the symposium. This should not at all be a surprise that Jesus spent much time eating with others. Jesus lets us feel that we also belong to his Father.
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With this he challenges every Christians to actively participate in the liturgy: how do we respond to the call or invitation to the wedding feast of his son Jesus Christ? “The participation in the communal celebration of the Sunday Eucharist is a testimony of belonging and of being faithful to Christ and to his Church. The faithful give witness by this to their communion in faith and charity” (Catechism of the Catholic Church 2182). A meal, especially one with family and friends, and particularly on an occasion of celebration, is an opportunity to deepen closeness, bonding, communion, and even union. It is an intimate occasion. Scola (2005) remarked that:
“The social implications in the Eucharist action call for the Christian’s contribution to building a civil society in the various cultural areas of humanity. Based on the solidarity and subsidiarity principles that form the social teaching of the Church, Christians promote a civil society based on the dignity and rights of the person, especially the religious freedom right, and of all intermediate bodies, the family in
In order that the Christian community may actualize the insights …show more content…
With this he challenges every Christians to actively participate in the liturgy: how do we respond to the call or invitation to the wedding feast of his son Jesus Christ? “The participation in the communal celebration of the Sunday Eucharist is a testimony of belonging and of being faithful to Christ and to his Church. The faithful give witness by this to their communion in faith and charity” (Catechism of the Catholic Church 2182). A meal, especially one with family and friends, and particularly on an occasion of celebration, is an opportunity to deepen closeness, bonding, communion, and even union. It is an intimate occasion. Scola (2005) remarked that:
“The social implications in the Eucharist action call for the Christian’s contribution to building a civil society in the various cultural areas of humanity. Based on the solidarity and subsidiarity principles that form the social teaching of the Church, Christians promote a civil society based on the dignity and rights of the person, especially the religious freedom right, and of all intermediate bodies, the family in