Comments on: Messy patterns of mass and meal http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2008/03/messy-patterns-of-mass-and-meal/ a few graffiti on the wall of life Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:11:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: MetaCatholic » Eucharist with Spam http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2008/03/messy-patterns-of-mass-and-meal/#comment-3554 MetaCatholic » Eucharist with Spam Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:04:30 +0000 http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2008/03/messy-patterns-of-mass-and-meal/#comment-3554 [...] comments are un-amusing as well as rubbish. But I enjoyed the way that my earlier post on “Messy patterns of mass and meal” got a spam comment from a site ostensibly offering links for 30 Minute Meal Ideas. [...] [...] comments are un-amusing as well as rubbish. But I enjoyed the way that my earlier post on “Messy patterns of mass and meal” got a spam comment from a site ostensibly offering links for 30 Minute Meal Ideas. [...]

]]> By: D. P. http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2008/03/messy-patterns-of-mass-and-meal/#comment-3553 D. P. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:19:10 +0000 http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2008/03/messy-patterns-of-mass-and-meal/#comment-3553 Doug, thanks for the link and for sharing your perspective. I'm not sure I would agree that the pattern of separate Eucharists and agapes was "always" there, but I'll definitely concede that it may be older than I've implied. The evidence from the Last Supper tradition in Mark and Matthew, for example, probably suggests the existence of a form of Eucharist detached from a communal meal by the mid- to late-first century. You are of course right to point out the themes of "inclusion, forgiveness and the bonds of fictive kinship" and to other meals Jesus shared with the disciples and not just the Last Supper. You've provided much food for thought. Thanks for weighing in! Doug, thanks for the link and for sharing your perspective. I’m not sure I would agree that the pattern of separate Eucharists and agapes was “always” there, but I’ll definitely concede that it may be older than I’ve implied. The evidence from the Last Supper tradition in Mark and Matthew, for example, probably suggests the existence of a form of Eucharist detached from a communal meal by the mid- to late-first century.

You are of course right to point out the themes of “inclusion, forgiveness and the bonds of fictive kinship” and to other meals Jesus shared with the disciples and not just the Last Supper.

You’ve provided much food for thought. Thanks for weighing in!

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