It's About The Real Presence

In our continuing look at what to do about the dissenters in the Church, we suggest that faithful Catholics go right to the 'source'.

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[Killermuffin1]

The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist is what made me convert from being a Catholic-scoffing Protestant to become a Roman Catholic. May the liberal trash who ignore the Real Presence get everything that is coming to them.

[RealCatholicTV]

@Killermuffin1 What is coming to them is, hopefully, the same conversion of heart YOU experienced!

[mozartsmusicblog]

Hello, I have sort of a strange question. After explaining to someone that we eat the Body and Blood of Christ in the Eucharist, how would you respond to a question like, "Then how is it not cannibalism?" Thanks!

[RealCatholicTV]

@mozartsmusicblog Cannibalism is the eating of dead flesh, not living flesh. In addition, Jesus specifically tells us to do this - so we can commune with Him as a sacrifice. He does not intend us to eat OTHER people's flesh.

[servidor07]

Ok,but he says when you are doing it to the choir or to a presentator or even to the priest.

My question will be then,what if your just applauding to the rithm of the song,or when the priest says"applause to our Lord Jesus!"

Because in a Charismatic mass,thats what the priest says.is that liturgily wrong?

[RealCatholicTV]

@servidor07 Applause is not how you honor the Creator of the Universe . . .

I would go so far as to say that neglects the central ETHOS of what the Mass and Christian worship is; it is NOT to respond to Jesus as if He were a Kardashian sister or Brett Farve winning the Superbowl. It is to offer to God the ONLY thing pure and holy enough to be offered to God; God Himself.

Our response to the presence of GOD INCARNATE is applause? That would . . . concern me.

[mondoshrimpo]

Well I went to the 'so-called' Holy Hour at a local Catholic church last week and there were only FOUR people there including the priest and me. Confession is heard for a scant 15 minutes every Saturday eve before the Sat. vigil mass and there are rarelty more than a handful of people there yet I see dozens of people each week receiving the Eucharist. The faith is just not being taken seriously anymore it seems and it makes me really frustrated and sad.

[mrsacf421]

Thanks for this post! A new priest took over our liberal parish about three years ago and has been fighting an uphill battle trying to change it from a congregational church to a Catholic Church. The first thing he did was put the tabernacle and the crucifix back in the sanctuary. There is still a long way to go and sometimes it seems that he's moving too slowly. But things are changing and some of the loudest dissenters have given up and left.

[MrChristianBeliever]

We moved out of state a number of years ago. We attended several Catholic churches to see which one we wanted to become members. I recall being asked at the end of Mass by a parishioner what we thought of their church since we made it known we were visitors.

We told them we did not feel so comfortable that the tabernacle was off to the side and out of sight. The person seemed insulted by our comment and we were glad to leave if that was insulting.

[ElizabethIrish]

@jbosco08 Health and Safety hazard! LOL I'll use that one. We're starting out just like you mention, a kneeler for those who wish to queue up. They are placing a wooden movable kneeler so the safety thing may not be applicable but I'm thinking perhaps people may run into each other - that is another approach. Thanks for the suggestion.

[ElizabethIrish]

@trilliumhead How are we trying to bring back the altar rail? A group of parishoners praying specifially for this. After praying for this for about a year solid, I found myself suddenly asked one day to be on the parish council. Then it goes from there - first I've introduced a formal request for Tridentine form - which our pastor hasn't agreed to yet BTW - I then put on the agenda a request for rec'ing Communion kneeling - moving slow oh so slow but yet moving forward praying the whole time.

[CorAdCorLoquitor]

If we believe Christ is God, and believe the Eucharist is Christ, and we all want to get to heaven, why are the churches not filled to capacity at every mass? When I receive Christ, my soul expands to contain that which cannot be contained. I become a dwelling place of Jesus, the Second Person of the Trinity. I become a living tabernacle, a Holy of Holys, heaven. Does this unspeakable, unimaginable gift mean anything to us today? Indifference to the Eucharist is indifference to Christ.