Romans 15: 7 — Welcome One another
Posted: July 16, 2018 Filed under: The Eucharist and Living the Eucharist | Tags: Christ is in our midst!, Christ welcomes us to himself in the Eucharist, Living the Eucharist by self-giving and other-receiving, living the Eucharist by welcoming one another, Phil 2: 3 - 4 prefer others before yourselves, Romans 15: 1 -3 - please one another, Romans 15: 1- 7 - welcome one another, the Eucharist re-presents the Incarnation, The Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi Leave a commentThis year, per the calendar, the seventh Sunday after Pentecost was quite full in terms of its readings. The Church commemorated the Fathers of the first six Ecumenical Councils, and the Great Prince Vladimir of Kiev, Equal to the Apostles. Great Vespers put forth six Old Testament readings. There were three epistle and three gospel readings set for the Divine Liturgy. I did not count all the scriptural verses read, but St. Paul’s epistle to the Romans chapter nine, verses 1 – 7 held my attention, especially Romans 9: 7, “Welcome one another, just as Christ welcomed you unto the glory of God.” This verse is eucharistic at its core.
