1 Corinthians 10 14-22


And so, my beloved,
run from idol worship.
To sensible people I speak –
Judge – all of you – what I say.
The cup of blessing,
which we bless,
is it not a shared participation in the blood of Christ,
the bread which we break
is it not a shared participation in the body of Christ?
Because there is one bread,
many as we are, are one body
for we all share the one bread.

Consider ‘Israel according to the flesh’
are not those eating the sacrifice
participants in the sacrificial altar?


What then do I say?
The food-offered-to idols is (something)
or the an idol is (something)?
But (I say) that what is sacrificed
is offered to demons and not to God.
I do want you to be participants with demons.
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord
and the cup of demons,
you cannot share in the table of the Lord
and the table of demons.
Or we do make the Lord jealous?
We not stronger than he is, are we?

Eternal Light, shine into our hearts,
Eternal Goodness, deliver us from evil,
Eternal Power, be our support,
Eternal Wisdom, scatter the darkness of our ignorance,
Eternal Pity, have mercy upon us;
that with all our heart and mind
and soul and strength we may seek thy face
and be brought by thine infinite mercy
to thy holy presence;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Alcuin (735-804)

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