Christ is entirely present, Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity, under BOTH species..sooo...?

[Layp3rs0n]

May be an odd question but: if the Host is ALL of Jesus, and so is the contents of the Chalice, is the Precious Blood than Body? And the same question about the Host? Is it more His Body? This has confused me recently. Why didn’t Jesus say of the bread, "This is my Body AND Blood "? I believe what the Church teaches, just want a clarification. Thanks.

 

[newyorkcatholic]

May be an odd question but: if the Host is ALL of Jesus, and so is the contents of the Chalice, is the Precious Blood than Body? And the same question about the Host? Is it more His Body? This has confused me recently. Why didn’t Jesus say of the bread, "This is my Body AND Blood "? I believe what the Church teaches, just want a clarification. Thanks.

A piece of what we call the Host or a drop of what we call the Precious Blood are the same thing (though appearing different).

They are the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of the Lord Jesus.

Jesus did this “this is my Body, this is my Blood” and referred those things that were signs of each … but this doesn’t tell you everything, the more detailed Catholic teachings was clarified later.

It is based in Our Lord’s words of course, but there were things He said not recorded in the Bible that the Apostles handed down nevertheless.

For this reason we can say that someone who only receives the Host, even only once, fulfills the command to eat the Body and Blood of the Lord.

 

[Rich_C]

May be an odd question but: if the Host is ALL of Jesus, and so is the contents of the Chalice, is the Precious Blood than Body? And the same question about the Host? Is it more His Body? This has confused me recently. Why didn’t Jesus say of the bread, "This is my Body AND Blood "? I believe what the Church teaches, just want a clarification. Thanks.

He is present Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity in each. From the Baltimore Catechism No. 3:

Q. 881. Is Jesus Christ whole and entire both under the form of bread and under the form of wine?

A. Jesus Christ is whole and entire both under the form of bread and under the form of wine.

According to the margin notes in my missal, the significance of the separate consecrations is that they mystically separate Christ’s Body and Blood like the crucifixion once physically separated his Body and Blood. This one major way in which the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is the same eternal Sacrifice of the Cross.: at each Mass we are mystically present at the foot of the cross.

The Baltimore Catechism says:

Q. 872. When is the Holy Eucharist a Sacrament, and when is it a sacrifice?

A. The Holy Eucharist is a Sacrament when we receive it in Holy Communion and when it remains in the Tabernacle of the Altar. It is a sacrifice when it is offered up at Mass by the separate Consecration of the bread and wine, which signifies the separation of Our Lord’s blood from His body when He died on the Cross.

I hope that helps.

 

[ProVobis]

May be an odd question but: if the Host is ALL of Jesus, and so is the contents of the Chalice, is the Precious Blood than Body? And the same question about the Host? Is it more His Body? This has confused me recently. Why didn’t Jesus say of the bread, "This is my Body AND Blood "? I believe what the Church teaches, just want a clarification. Thanks.

It is the Protestant belief that the bread becomes the Body of Christ and the wine becomes the Blood of Christ. It is Catholic belief that the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity are Present under the accidents of bread and wine.

In Hoc est enim Corpus Meum, the hoc clearly refers to the corpus (body), not the panem (bread). This is, however, not very clear in the English.

 

[Pfaffenhoffen]

May be an odd question but: if the Host is ALL of Jesus, and so is the contents of the Chalice, is the Precious Blood than Body? And the same question about the Host? Is it more His Body? This has confused me recently. Why didn’t Jesus say of the bread, "This is my Body AND Blood "? I believe what the Church teaches, just want a clarification. Thanks.

The only right answer is: because Jesus wanted it so.
Remember, when there were sacrifices, the blood spilled from the body of the animal., and the animal died.
So, if you would join blood and body, you would get the whole animal.
Man is an animal plus a spirit.
So, as an analogy, receiving the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ we would receive him wholly. That is the symbol of unity, though you cannot eat His Body without eating Him All.

 

[Lujack]

It is the Protestant belief that the bread becomes the Body of Christ and the wine becomes the Blood of Christ. It is Catholic belief that the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity are Present under the accidents of bread and wine.

In Hoc est enim Corpus Meum, the hoc clearly refers to the corpus (body), not the panem (bread). This is, however, not very clear in the English.

Not to nitpick, but there are also Protestants who don’t even believe that. I think you’ve described Lutheran consubstantiation, but there are also the “purely symbolic” Protestants.

 

[porthos11]

The term is concomitance.

Because Jesus is alive, his Body necessarily has his Blood, otherwise, he would be a dead man. It’s not necessary to be so specific because by saying “this is my Body”, it truly is his Body, so his Blood must be present by concomitance.

The same is true of the Blood. Since his Blood is not separated from his Body (otherwise, again, Christ would be dead), where is Blood is, there his Body must necessarily be, so since Jesus said, “This is … my Blood”, his Body must be also present by concomitance.