The Miracle of Unity Continues in CommunionFire

The way this is typed I first read it as: Apostolic Trip To "Turn Key"! This is one of the great doors opening in Church history!

"Throw Off Our Defensiveness And Be Led By The Spirit" Homily, Pope Francis the Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Istanbul (Constantinople, Byzantium) 1st Tony Palmer and the Protestants, Evangelicals and Charismatics. Then The Mass in the Upper Room in Jerusalem and Now the Unifying Dialog, Prayer and Communion in Istanbul the Historic Meeting of today's "Peter and Andrew"!

The Two Brothers 
Peter and Andrew
Pope Francis & Bartholomew 
I Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

Another great sign and wonder of the Advent leading to the Return of Jesus! (Are we witnessing the answer to John 17?) 

It is interesting to me is that the Apostle Andrew who is credited with establishing the Church in Byzantium (Istanbul) was also a disciple of John the Baptist and was present when Jesus was baptized by John to fulfill all righteousness. In this beginning of the Christian Calender when the 1st Week is "Prepare The Way of the Lord" how interesting to behold and to hear the ongoing fulfillment of Communion prayed for by Jesus in John 17 the night of the Last Supper and First Holy Communion. 

I think some may be overlooking some most important "Signs & Wonders" happening in the Church that indicate the Return of Jesus is imminent! Perhaps tonight! Perhaps tomorrow! 

Also consider Pope Francis recent visit to Jerusalem and the Upper Room to share The Lord's Table. Communion with Jesus precedes Communion in Him with one another (Istanbul). My heart is pounding the the heart of Jesus as a Bride looking for the Groom! Even So Come Lord Jesus!

Communion with the Lord Jesus teaches us that receiving his flesh and blood we (as often as we do this) experience RevivalFire in the presence of His glorious CommunionFire! As in the days of the Apostles and The Early Church - They continued steadfastly in the teaching of the Apostles, "Christ in you the hope of glory!" Communion, the Holy Eucharist at the Lord's Table provides instant hope of His 3 promises in Communion. 

1) The Bread of Life fills you inside with His life! (The interior life) It is Life in the Spirit. If the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead lives in you He quickens your mortal body! It is real food and drink. It is really Jesus you feed upon. When you do He opens your eyes to recognize He is present. 

2) Eat my Flesh and drink My Blood and you have eternal life! This promise is further demonstrated in grasping the Cup of the New and Everlasting Covenant and drinking of His Blood, the river of life! The promise is irrevocable! The Blood cleanses you from all sin, guilt, shame and condemnation! No wonder there is so much warfare and distraction when you try to set foot to respond to His invitation to Come to Me (My Table prepared for you!) 

3) Jesus promises to those that believe and receive His flesh and blood at his Table that He will raise us up on the last day! That is why the Apostles focused on preaching and teaching this good news everywhere: "Christ in you the hope of glory!" As The Apostle Paul declares, "We behold His glory as in a mirror and are changed into that same image from glory to glory by the Spirit who is the Lord!" 

(From Jesus message on the Bread of Life and eating His flesh and drinking His Blood at the Synagogue in Capernaum in John 6. Also Note: John 7 was the focus of Pope Francis 1st Message at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit "In the great day of the feast Jesus cried out! Come to me all who thirst and I will give you living water that will spring up within you!"

Peter & Andrew Filial Brothers and In Christ

It is receiving Christ anew each day at His Table that quickens, renews, revives and restores us as the righteousness of God in Christ. It is where we dwell and where He dwells. Our lives are hid with Christ in God and it is Christ in us the hope of glory! His life within us! 

This personal transformation brought about by His overwhelming love, peace and joy we feed upon consumes us just as we have consumed Him. It is on this basis that we witness the witness of Istanbul and Church fathers Francis and Bartholomew as they embrace. They are embracing for all of us. They are declaring what Jesus prayed for in John 17 after sharing five times that He had to leave to send the holy Spirit (John 14-16).

Yesterday, today and tomorrow are all very very exciting to watch as we see with our own eyes the needle of the Holy Spirit threading together hearts and lives of His people, that the world might believe!

Coming to Terms: mar·tyr·i·um  (mär-tîr-m)
A church or other edifice built at a site, especially a tomb,  associated with a Christian martyr or saint [Medieval Latin, from Greek marturion, from martus, martur-, martyr.]

Communion
"That I may know Him in the power of the resurrection, the fellowship of his suffering even conformed to the image of His death." Philippians 3:10

Gospel
Acts 1:8 "You will receive power (martus) after you receive the Holy Spirit."

The witness (martus) of many ancient Christian houses of worship is that they are built on the seed of the Church, the Blood of Martyrs. In the picture above notice the Iconic symbols of Peter's Death upside down cross and Andrews death on an "X" Cross (He requested because he felt not worthy to be crucified on the type of Jesus Cross.

The Gospel in the first Mass of the Apostolic Visit in The Cathedral of the Holy Spirit:John 7:37-39

Jesus heralds the Gift of the Holy Spirit the soul of the Church, the charisms of heaven... no one can call Jesus Lord but by the Holy Spirit... He compels us to share the love  He gives us it is because the Spirit has taken hold of us. We cannot create unity only the Holy Spirit through richness, variety and diversity brought by faith, love and the interior life. (Communion) Be open docile and obedient to the Holy Spirit. As said by St. Basil, "He Himself is harmony". We do not try to control or try to tame the Holy Spirit but we cast aside our ambitions and defenses to allow us to open ourselves to Him, born from Pentecost, inflaming the heart with a language of love and faith. He makes us one to become a sign of the certainty of Jesus Christ. Let us pray to the Lord to send his Holy Spirit that we might be witnesses to the whole world. Amen ~  Summary of my notes of Homily from Pope Francis

Thus Says The Lord Jesus
"On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, 
“If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, 
‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’” 
Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, 
for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified."