Christ dies in us

[czeaiter]

I’ve been watching a YouTube video, “The Meaning of the Mass - Venerable Fulton Sheen”.

In the video he says regarding the Eucharist that Christ dies in us (see video at around 6:47).
Does this sound right?
I’d like to learn more; I’d appreciate any literature on this - please share if you know of any.

 

[Divine3]

This was an amazing teaching. It reminds me of the question Jesus asked his disciples, will you also leave? And the response back…You have the words of eternal life.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

First of all, Bishop Sheen is on the path to sainthood and is currently a “venerable”, which in his case would mean that the Church has reviewed all of his writings presumably including all of his existing TV and radio talks, and found that he didn’t teach error. So you can safely listen to his talks without asking “is this right” and “is that right”. What he said was correct. You can also bet that if he had said anything doctrinally wrong, his books and talks have been in the public eye for so long that someone would have pointed it out long ago.

Second, he’s talking about how we unite ourselves to Christ and his passion, death and resurrection through the Eucharist. This is discussed in the Catechism section on The Sacrament of the Eucharist, CCC 1322-1419. In his day it was common for Catholics to think about uniting themselves with Christ in the Eucharist; many of the old prayers such as the traditional Morning Offering talk about the person offering himself “in union with” the Body or Blood of Jesus. Catholics nowadays don’t think so much about that, but they should.

 

[po18guy]

Saint Paul writes that we are baptized into Christ’s death. We are members (parts) of His Body. He can no longer die, or suffer, but we can. It is through us that He accomplishes the Father’s will - through our suffering and our deaths.

At the mass, we offer not just the bread and wine for consecration. We offer ourselves, body and soul, as living, breathing sacrifices to the Father in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.

It is a concept as old as the Beatitudes, but which has been lost (discarded actually) during the reformation. It is an utter shame that so many Christians today are lacking in the absolute richness and depth of the faith.

To spend time in Christ’s presence in the Eucharist, with faith and grace, can produce miracles. I can attest to that. At times, the Holy Spirit would nearly take my breath away.

 

[Telstar]

Second, he’s talking about how we unite ourselves to Christ and his passion, death and resurrection through the Eucharist.

^^^^^ This is one of the most important points of what Bishop Sheen is teaching in this part of his sermon. He’s not saying that Jesus “dies in us”, but when we offer all of our sufferings and our whole lives united with His Passion and Death, we can all help to “fill up that which is lacking in Christ’s Passion”, as St Paul said in his epistle, to save souls. Unfortunately, most Priests don’t preach about these things any more, but they should.