Table Fellowship in Luke 22:14-30: Our Model for Sharing in The Eucharist with Special Reference to Mji Wa Huruma, In Musoma, Tanzania
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2002-02
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Tangaza University College
Abstract
One of the most appealing characteristics that attracted me to Africa is its
hospitality. Each country and tribe has its own way of welcoming people. As
a missionary student, I had the opportunity to experience this said hospitality in many
different places and with people of different tribes. Although each tribe differs in the
manner it welcomes people, there is one thing similar; people are always ready to
receive visitors whoever they are. This experience triggered the desire in me to search
out and understand the meaning of our Christian vocation as a communion When
I was in the second year of theology, I wrote a paper for my Christology class entitled,
"Jesus, the One Who Gathers People." In it. I discussed the attitude of Jesus towards
other people, whether sinners or saints. Since then, this idea lingered in my thoughts.
The following years in my study of Bible, particularly in the Gospel of Luke,
I discovered "Table Fellowship" as one of the most important elements in Christianity.
My interest did not end there and I chose this topic for my long essay, with the hope
that indeed it would become part and parcel of my being and my missionary vocation
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General Situation of Mji wa Huruma, History of Mji wa Huruma, Eucharist, a Symbol of Our Faith, Eucharist as a Dynamic Reality