What does the Eucharist mean to you?

Why is the Catholic interpretation of these words rejected by Protestants? Is it because the text is in itself obscure and ambiguous? By no means; but simply because they do not comprehend how God could perform so stupendous a miracle as to give his body and blood for our spiritual nourishment.

Jesus marveled at the woman who touched His garment and told her, Your faith has saved you.

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[Tommy5297]

Permit good people to be tricked into believing that G-D is in the form of a wafer. It is hard sometime to try to put a spin on these things.

[stevesilvia]

@Tommy5297 What we believe is what Scripture has written....

[Tommy5297]

As a Jew, i am shocked you permit such things.

[stevesilvia]

@Tommy5297 permit what?

[stevesilvia]

@Tommy5297 permit what?

[182RG]

Another great video, Steve. God must be very pleased with you!

This discussion reminds me of a video I saw of former Baptist minister turned Catholic Michael Cumbie.

To illustrate transubstantiation, he called a "saved" fellow to the stage. He confirmed w/ him that once the fellow became a Christian, he was a whole different being.

Yet if this new Christian's flesh, bones and blood were examined in a lab, there would be nothing whatsoever to prove the transformation he knew occured.

[stevesilvia]

182RG, wonderful comment.

[psalm118verse24]

Meditations & Devotions

John Henry Newman

Holy Sacrifice of the Mass Such a Sacrifice was not to be forgotten. If that one great deed was what we believe it to be, what we know it is, it must remain present, though past; it must be a standing fact for all times. When we are told that Thou, O Lord, though Thou hast ascended to glory, hast renewed and perpetuated Thy Sacrifice to the end of all things, not only is the news most joyful, but it carries with it the full assent of our reason.

[psalm118verse24]

Malachi 1:10f

"Oh, that one would shut the temple gates to keep you from kindling fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, neither will I accept sacrifice from your hands." Imperfect sacrifices displease God.

"For FROM THE RISING OF THE SUN, EVEN TO ITS SETTING, my name is great among nations; EVERYWHERE they bring SACRIFICE to my name, & A PURE OFFERING." Prophet anticipates a pure oblation to be offered throughout the world in messianic times: the universal Sacrifice of the Mass.

[JezusSlave]

God is offended by receiving Him on "dirty" hands(ONLY priest can touch Him) in the Holy Eucharist!

Only accepted by Heaven form of receiving living Heart of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist of the Catholic Church is into our mouth and on our both knees!

God bless you and be brave

[psalm118verse24]

@kiwichristian2009 In Mt 26:29, Jesus consoles the Apostles by indicating He will share an eschatological new table fellowship with them at the Banquet of the Kingdom; His words do not negate His very clear instruction that, here and now, "this is my Blood of the Covenant." In the Bread of Life discourse (Jn 6:22-71), He repeatedly instructs that the bread becomes His Flesh and the wine becomes His Blood. For this very reason, Paul cautions against unworthy reception (1 Cor 10:14-22; 11:17-34)

[kiwichristian2009]

Transubstantiation is a false doctrine because Jesus is not a liar: In Mt 26:29 after Jesus had said, "this is my blood" and prayed, he still referred to the contents as, "fruit of the vine". If transubstantiation of the juice into blood had occurred, as both Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches say it was at this time, then Jesus would never have referred to it as "fruit of the vine' but rather "blood".

[psalm118verse24]

Though we neither could, nor would have dared, anticipate so wonderful a doctrine, yet we adore its very suitableness to Thy perfections, as well as its infinite compassion for us, now that we are told of it. Yes, my Lord, though Thou hast left the world, Thou art daily offered up in the Mass; though Thou canst not suffer pain and death, Thou dost still subject Thyself to indignity & restraint to carry out Thy mercies towards us. Thou dost humble Thyself daily. Thou remainest a Priest for ever.