After the Host is partaken

[CJsmommy]

I know this is a weird question, and I promise I’m not trolling.

What happens after the Host enters a person’s body during communion? Once it’s digested it’s no longer the same species, and therefore Jesus would no longer dwell in it. Does He stay in the person, taken into the body like a nutrient?

 

[Memaw]

I know this is a weird question, and I promise I’m not trolling.

What happens after the Host enters a person’s body during communion? Once it’s digested it’s no longer the same species, and therefore Jesus would no longer dwell in it. Does He stay in the person, taken into the body like a nutrient?

The Sacramental Grace remains as long as we are in the State of Grace! God Bless, Memaw

 

[SJacob7]

Well, this is what Jesus said:

Matthew 15:17
*Do you not realize that everything that enters the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled into the latrine? *

 

[Dorothy]

I know this is a weird question, and I promise I’m not trolling.

What happens after the Host enters a person’s body during communion? Once it’s digested it’s no longer the same species, and therefore Jesus would no longer dwell in it. Does He stay in the person, taken into the body like a nutrient?

Once it is digested it is not the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ. But, of course, you have His grace in you.

 

[ProVobis]

The Sacramental Grace remains as long as we are in the State of Grace! God Bless, Memaw

That’s probably the best answer.

And if you weren’t in the state of grace to begin with…

 

[Memaw]

Well, this is what Jesus said:

Matthew 15:17
*Do you not realize that everything that enters the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled into the latrine? *

So, what are you implying??? as soon as the Host starts to deteriorate, Jesus is no longer present but like I said, Sacramental Grace remains with us. God Bless, Memaw

 

[Memaw]

That’s probably the best answer.

And if you weren’t in the state of grace to begin with…

You do not receive any grace but if one knowingly receives Holy Communion in the state of serious sin, that is a sacrilege and very serious. God Bless, Memaw

 

[SJacob7]

So, what are you implying??? as soon as the Host starts to deteriorate, Jesus is no longer present but like I said, Sacramental Grace remains with us. God Bless, Memaw

Ok, can you show me Church teaching on that? Where He’s no longer present once the Host starts to deteriorate?

 

[ProVobis]

Do the consecrated bread and wine cease to be the Body and Blood of Christ when the Mass is over?

No. During the celebration of the Eucharist, the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ, and this they remain. They cannot turn back into bread and wine, for they are no longer bread and wine at all. There is thus no reason for them to change back to their “normal” state after the special circumstances of the Mass are past. Once the substance has really changed, the presence of the Body and Blood of Christ “endures as long as the Eucharistic species subsist” ( Catechism, no. 1377). Against those who maintained that the bread that is consecrated during the Eucharist has no sanctifying power if it is left over until the next day, St. Cyril of Alexandria replied, “Christ is not altered, nor is his holy body changed, but the power of the consecration and his life-giving grace is perpetual in it” ( Letter 83, to Calosyrius, Bishop of Arsinoe PG 76, 1076]). The Church teaches that Christ remains present under the appearances of bread and wine as long as the appearances of bread and wine remain (cf. Catechism, no. 1377).

usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/the-mass/order-of-mass/liturgy-of-the-eucharist/the-real-presence-of-jesus-christ-in-the-sacrament-of-the-eucharist-basic-questions-and-answers.cfm

I think it’s wise to presume when the bread loses its appearance, then Christ is no longer there, although as Memaw has suggested the sacramental grace remains.

 

[paduard]

Once it is digested it is not the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ. But, of course, you have His grace in you.

Just a small point - this also applies to receiving from the Chalice.

 

[Dorothy]

Just a small point - this also applies to receiving from the Chalice.

Yes.

 

[Richca]

I know this is a weird question, and I promise I’m not trolling.

What happens after the Host enters a person’s body during communion? Once it’s digested it’s no longer the same species, and therefore Jesus would no longer dwell in it. Does He stay in the person, taken into the body like a nutrient?

The doctrinal teaching of the Church is stated in the CCC#1377:
“The Eucharistic presence of Christ begins at the moment of the consecration and endures as long as the Eucharistic species subsist.” Once we digest our communions, our body begins to chemically break up the appearances of the bread and wine to the point that they no longer have the appearances of bread and wine but become part of our own flesh, blood, bone, etc. The Real Presence of Christ is only in the eucharistic species so long as the appearances or accidents of bread and wine subsist. When these appearances or accidents are broken down by the body to form tissue, blood, muscle, nutrients of some kind, or whatever, then Christ is no longer present in them.

 

[Memaw]

The doctrinal teaching of the Church is stated in the CCC#1377:
“The Eucharistic presence of Christ begins at the moment of the consecration and endures as long as the Eucharistic species subsist.” Once we digest our communions, our body begins to chemically break up the appearances of the bread and wine to the point that they no longer have the appearances of bread and wine but become part of our own flesh, blood, bone, etc. The Real Presence of Christ is only in the eucharistic species so long as the appearances or accidents of bread and wine subsist. When these appearances or accidents are broken down by the body to form tissue, blood, muscle, nutrients of some kind, or whatever, then Christ is no longer present in them.

When we receive the TRUE Presence of Our Lord in Holy Communion, the rest is up to God as for the Divine Presence within us. We do know His Sacramental Grace stays with us as long as we do not commit a mortal sin, (serious sin). The Catholic Church is our wise Mother, let’s trust Her to guide us. Leave the details up to God!! God Bless, Memaw

 

[ProVobis]

Just a small point - this also applies to receiving from the Chalice.

Although it’s hard to know exactly when the consecrated wine loses its “appearance.” It can be diluted with all kinds of stuff and still appear in liquid form retaining the same color. Maybe this isn’t an issue, though, since most who receive from the Chalice already had received the Host.

 

[Memaw]

Although it’s hard to know exactly when the consecrated wine loses its “appearance.” It can be diluted with all kinds of stuff and still appear in liquid form retaining the same color. Maybe this isn’t an issue, though, since most who receive from the Chalice already had received the Host.

Who needs to know the"Exact moment"? Leave that up to God and just be thankful we are receiving the Sacred Body and Blood of Our Lord as he said!! God Bless, Memaw