All patristic writings were told that no one could be worthy of communion, but, nevertheless, it has been allocated, that everyone who starts the sacrament, is obliged to seek a date with Christ.Preparation for Holy Communion should not be limited Gauvin and subtraction of certain prayers.The first commitment to the Eucharist due to a lack of resentment or hatred for someone, feeling light a pure conscience.
Matthew Lord said, "If you bring your gift to the altar and remember them brothers, who had not resigned, leave offerings there, until they come to terms with his brother."An obstacle to communion are committed sins of man.They should sincerely repent before God in confession the priest.The Russian Orthodox Church decided to start the sacrament of fasting as the body must be predochischeno post.It's an old tradition that was born back then, when the Liturgy began to do apart from "love feast" - Agapa.
Prepare for communion includes special ascetic rules, such as the post within a few days.But the emergence of this tradition is much more recent.And due to the fact that the start of the Eucharist become rare and irregular.There is no clear definition of how much to prepare for Communion.It all depends on the frequency of making the Holy Mysteries.If this is done more than once a month, enough one-day fasting, and if less, it needs at least a three-day fast.It should be recalled that this pious tradition of the Russian Orthodox Church, which encourages Christians to mentally go deep into yourself and remember their sins.By the way, in other local churches post and confession before the Eucharist is not practiced.
But one post does not end with the preparation for communion.Prayer during Lent, morning and evening, you have not read, and do with a broken heart.In addition to daily prayers, be sure to create the following canons:
- Penitential to the Lord Jesus Christ.
- prayer service to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
- guardian angel.
These canons should be cast on the eve of Holy Communion, after the evening service, but in the morning, on the day of the Mysteries of Christ, after the morning right to read The Service for Holy Communion.
All preparation for communion is aimed at a person to feel and realize their unworthiness, sinful life and thoughts.And as a result, he proceeded to the mystery with a sense of sincere repentance.The main mistake many neophytes is the ratio of the sacraments as some kind of magical process.It is very clearly understand the following: everything that is done in temples, not magic.This is primarily based belief in the autocephalous churches are Orthodox.The world is large and varied, and all other Christian denominations that understanding patristic truths distorted beyond recognition.It is dangerous to think of the Eucharist, based on the definition of «opus operato».This approach to the Catholic church sacraments.They ordinances are performed due to actions carried out: the priest said certain words, and it does not matter then, believe Getting bowl in Christ or not, the sacrament has its "good" effect.More up.Paul said, "For this cause many of you are sick and even die, that is unworthy of beginning your Holy Mysteries of Christ" (1 Cor. Ch. 11, v. 29-30).And this implies that no matter how rare a person is not fit to bowl, preparation for communion to be fraught with its own internal transformation.Remember that communication.John Chrysostom and a half thousand years ago, brought an example: "The devil entered Judas Iscariot, along with communion, at the Last Supper."
