ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite Sepitema 6, 2022

A COMMEMORATION

KO E FAKAMANATU

LUKE 22:19

And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, which is being given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

LUKE 22:19

Na‘a ne to‘o foki ha fo‘i mā, ‘o ne fakafeta‘i, mo ne pakipaki ‘o ‘ange kiate kinautolu, ‘o ne pehē, Ko hoku sino ‘eni, ‘a ia ‘oku foaki koe‘uhi ko kimoutolu: mou fai ‘eni mōku fakamanatu.

 

Solus Christus - Christ Alone - Ko Kalasi pe   

Christ by His death atoned for our sins. The Eucharist is a commemoration of this thing, as He Himself said - "This do in remembrance of me." "By this commemoration all the benefits are presented which God has vouchsafed unto us through His Son. Furthermore, by the symbols themselves, namely the bread and wine, Christ Himself is, as it were, presented to our eyes, so that not only the ears but the eyes: and the mouth see and perceive the Christ whom the soul has present within and rejoices in.

In regard to the institution of the sacraments, they have the power and grace which belongs to God alone. Since, then, the Deity has never conferred on created things the power which we attribute to them, it is clearly frivolous for us to teach that either the saints or the sacraments remove sins and bestow grace upon us. For who remitted sins save God alone?

ULRICH ZWINGLI