Divinity of Christ in Eucharist

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Good day. I am a current Catechumen (spelling?) who came from a Baptist, evangelical background. I believe with all my heart that the host and wine are the body and blood of our Lord, but I don’t feel that I have yet to be fully instructed in the divinity of Christ being present also. When I go to the adoration chapel to pray, I see people adore, love and cherish the host present in its case. I want to realize that type of adoration, but don’t understand how the divinity of Christ is present. If any are out there who can help me understand and realize this issue in full, will you please enlighten me so that I may also partake of its special meaning.
 
We believe that in the Eucharist, Jesus is present whole and entire, body and blood, soul and divinity, under the appearances of bread and wine. Since Jesus is the Second Person of the Holy Trinity, his divinity is also present in the Eucharist. He is not divided. In becoming man, he took on a human nature, (still possessing of course his divine nature). So that where Jesus is present, he is present in his entirety, both in his human nature and divine nature. Thus we worship him as son of God and God the Son.

As for understanding how the divinity of Christ is present, it is just as but no more mysterious than trying to understand how it is present Jesus as a man. We speak of him as a man because he possesses a human nature, but he is not a human person but a divine Person who fully possesses the divine nature.

Hope this makes some sense.

JimG

PS–the case in which the consecrated Host is held is called a monstrance.
 
Hi Suzi –

So glad you are on your journey home to the Catholic church! Praise God!

If you don’t already have The Catechism of the Catholic Church, please get one – it is a wealth of information. It says:

" In the most blessed sacrament of the Eucharist, the body and blood, together with the soul and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ, and therefore **the whole Christ is truly really, and substantially contained. ** This presence, called ‘real’ – by which is not intended to exclude the other types of presence as if they could not be ‘real’, too, but because it is presence in the fullest sense; that is to say, it is a substantial presence by which Christ, God, and man, makes himself wholly and entirely present." (CCC 1374)

When Jesus becomes present during the consecration, He becomes fully present – body, blood, soul and divinity. You cannot separate his humanity (body and blood) from his divinity, then He wouldn’t be Jesus.

I struggled with the concept of adoration for quite some time, feeling that I could talk with Jesus or “be” with Him anywhere, anytime; which, of course, is true. But to be in His Holy Presence, where He Truly Dwells is an awesome experience! I began a regular hour of adoration each week about three years ago, and I can’t wait for my “date with Jesus” each week. I find myself going more often when I can, and never come away feeling disappointed.

There is a wonderful book called “Come to Me in the Blessed Sacrament” by the Missionaries of the Blessed Sacrament, which is totally awesome! It is a book Mother Teresa carried with her everywhere. Some adoration chapels have a lot of material available to read and reflect upon during adoration; perhaps your chapel already has this book.

Anyway, I suggest you try spending some time in adoration, and you will find you feel His Presence in special way and might even find you are drawn to be with Him more and more often!

Hope this helps!
 
Jesus said:“Take this all of you and eat it, this is my body which will be given up for you.”
Eucharist actually menas thanksgiving.
Jesus instituted the Eucharist as a means to a great number of things! The primary purpose of the Eucharist is to recieve it. Consider this also: you truely believe in the presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. If it is Jesus, King of kings, Lord of lords, God of the universe, then would it not also be good to behold that awesome, loving, and powerful being as He sits before us, humbled in Love, in the Eucharist? I’m reading Scott Hahn’s book, The Lambs Supper, and he talks about the mass as heaven on earth using the book of Revelation as a connection to the mass. I highly reccomend this book, as it is easy to understand, and would deapen your love and understanding of the mass and the Eucharist.
On the night He was betrayed, Jesus asked his apostles to keep watch in prayer for just one hour. Imagine if you could enter into thta hour, keeping watch with Jesus: exposed in the Eucharist? Guess what: you can!
My spiritual director also gives me a little bit of insight to spending an hour in adoration, as he equivocates it to making love to his wife. In truth, our relationship with God is a love affair. Now consider that you have the opportunity, right now, to look Jesus in the eyes, face to face, and fall in love with Him.
God Bless!

Mik
 
Welcome… home.

Eucharistic adoration… presence of Christ… Well, to me, it’s just a matter of faith… I like to put it this way: God created everything out of nothing… how is it impossible for God to make something out of something.

My explanation would probably confuse you but I just take this as a matter of faith.
 
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mikworld:
My spiritual director also gives me a little bit of insight to spending an hour in adoration, as he equivocates it to making love to his wife. In truth, our relationship with God is a love affair. Now consider that you have the opportunity, right now, to look Jesus in the eyes, face to face, and fall in love with Him.

Mik
Right on… this is exactly what I feel when I am in the Adoration room. Nothing beats being intimate with Christ.
 
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