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#475 The Mass in the Early Church - Joe Heschmeyer

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Do This in Remembrance of Me

The Eucharistic liturgy where he says, do this in remembrance of me is very controversial because people say, ah, remembrance. But what's missed there is the do this, that he's actually giving instructions to act in his name and his person. So when you see the priest at the altar, he's able to say, this is my body. This is my blood. And speaking in the words and in the person of Jesus Christ, he can't do that by his own strength. He can only do that by divine commission. That divine commission is in two words, do this.

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