Does God call people to be separate from Catholic Eucharist

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Paul seems to intimate that being disembodied is a blissful thing , to be with the Lord (cleansed from sin)…This is not what Christ was, but was covered in sin.
I believe in His humanity He felt the death of the OT. His soul was a glorified soul and the consequences of sin I think were that much more repulsive and horrifying. I think at the moment it parted the suffering of sin was complete.
 
the consequence of sin , or the consequence of taking on sin, the sin that was laid upon Him?
The assault of of Satan upon His soul the consequences of sin at the hands of men on His Body. We are His Body and our sin He suffered for. As His members. The assault of evil spirits on His soul available to them since His final kenosis began and was bereft of all protection.
 
I have heard this concept that somehow the Father abandoned the Son on the cross.
well, i would have to study it further, again. But words have meaning and Christ did ask why He was forsaken. It is form Christs perspective , and as answered in previous post twas a temporary sentiment, but not to be dismissed , so as to appreciate the agony, that was more than physical (which started this post, that His suffering was only physical) that our sin did cost Him.

Of course Christ knew the future and trusted the Father, yet the words do give window to the temporary but real situation of taking on sin, and its pain of some kind of separation
 
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The assault of of Satan upon His soul the consequences of sin at the hands of men on His Body. We are His Body and our sin He suffered for. As His members. The assault of evil spirits on His soul available to them since His final kenosis began and was bereft of all protection.
So did “He who knew no sin, become sin” ? Was it laid upon Him ?
 
So did “He who knew no sin, become sin” ? Was it laid upon Him ?
No. I see His body and soul suffered the consequences of sin. The evil spirits hated Him. His Soul was laid bare to their hateful assault. His Body given over to hateful assault of evil men. That’s how I see He bore our sin.
 
To St Augustine there were no ‘Church’s’ without Apostolic Succession. That’s what ‘all Christians’ means in St Augustine’s mind. After all his authority to teach came from the Apostolic Tradition. He believed that Baptism was the only means to guarantee that Christ was dwelling in anyone. When he say’s 'all Christians do you believe he meant people of some other faith that he didn’t believe was of Christ?
No. I don’t think Augustine was referring to certain Christian churches where they had valid apostolic succession and the real Eucharist as opposed to other Christian churches that did not have valid apostolic succession and a Eucharist that was “fake.” My post was in response to guanophore’s analysis to Augustine’s writing. This is what I understood her to be saying about it, but I was trying to get clarification.

I think that Augustine was contrasting “press[ing] the sacrament of the body and blood of Christ carnally and visible with his teeth” as opposed to ‘dwelling in Christ and having Christ dwell in him.’ The latter is what Augustine believed was meant by John 6:53. Consuming the sacrament of the body and blood could be done by those who do not eat His flesh. Augustine believed that these verses in John 6 were to be taken spiritually and not literally. Remember his writing on Christian doctrine where he explained that John 6:53 was figurative and not literal? All of his writings are consistent. I think the best explanation he gives is in this short and beautiful sermon. Sermon 272
 
At the words of the consecration, the Holy Spirit manifests the Son of God in these offerings.
What does this mean? How is He manifested? What is different after the consecration?
Just as today’s readings about Thomas, we learn how Jesus showed His physical body to Thomas for evidence of His true resurrection. Jesus entered the room, physically THROUGH locked doors!!!

All of you demanding evidence for Jesus’ flesh and blood truly in our Eucharist should try to tell us how Jesus manifested Himself in a locked room!

Its this very same mystical manner in which Jesus manifests Himself, undetected by our senses, in the Eucharist.
Do you believe that when Jesus entered the room that He was there in substance, but not physically present or perceptible to the senses? Were they only aware that He was there because they had faith that he was there in philosophical substance?
I believe that His flesh, blood, body and soul were outside of the room, and then His flesh, blood, body and soul were inside the room where they were visible and perceptible. I don’t think that this miracle is similar to transubstantiation in any way. Of course I still am confused about what transubstantiation really is.
 
So did “He who knew no sin, become sin” ? Was it laid upon Him ?
Isaiah 53:6 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned every one to his own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.

He carried our sins on the cross. Honestly, it is a Divine Mystery. He did not act as a substitute because he was not punished eternally as a reprobate, but in some way we may not fully understand, He was sacrificed like the scape goat.
 
What does this mean? How is He manifested? What is different after the consecration?
It means the Holy Spirit decends on the bread and wine, and making them mysteriously united to the same flesh of Christ, which died at Calvary. The difference, is they are no longer regarded as bread and wine, but the flesh and blood of our Lord.
Do you believe that when Jesus entered the room that He was there in substance, but not physically present or perceptible to the senses? Were they only aware that He was there because they had faith that he was there in philosophical substance?.. I believe that His flesh, blood, body and soul were outside of the room, and then His flesh, blood, body and soul were inside the room where they were visible and perceptible. I don’t think that this miracle is similar to transubstantiation in any way. Of course I still am confused about what transubstantiation really is.
The similarity, is that Jesus (flesh and blood) moves with the Spirit, and is able to defy the laws of physics. Transubstantiation is beyond physics, yet still related to the actual flesh of the Lord. It is like entering the mind of God. It has everything to do with faith, and nothing with carnal senses.
 
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the repentant sinner would lay his hand on the animal as if to transfer his sin to the previously and otherwise unblemished, unsinful animal. The sin had to be transferred to the lamb.
to that would be the unity of the Body of Christ and the Church. It is the sins of those who are members of His Body that He takes on Himself. It is said One Body I think it is a transfer that happens through love.
Paul seems to intimate that being disembodied is a blissful thing , to be with the Lord (cleansed from sin)…This is not what Christ was, but was covered in sin, and still quite alive.
yeah, He seemed to suffer torments of the soul that one would think happens to the rest of us after death. For example the suffering in His soul that He described as ’ “I am deeply grieved, even to death;. Suffering so intense He sweat blood. We know that Jesus was the strongest man ever so this inner suffering must have been unimaginable powerful.
 
It means the Holy Spirit decends on the bread and wine, and making them mysteriously united to the same flesh of Christ, which died at Calvary.
Isn’t this a Calvinist view that Christ descends spiritually and unites people with Him?
The difference, is they are no longer regarded as bread and wine, but the flesh and blood of our Lord.
If the difference is in how they are regarded, then that sounds like a symbol. In a symbol the meaning is changed, but not the item itself.

I have always had a hard time understanding what people believe actually happens in transubstantiation. What is it that actually and literally changes with the bread and wine?
 
The similarity, is that Jesus (flesh and blood) moves with the Spirit, and is able to defy the laws of physics.
I think it has to do with the body enjoying the freedom of the soul. The body, obeys the will and the will is not bound by any law including the laws of physics,
 
It means the Holy Spirit decends on the bread and wine, and making them mysteriously united to the same flesh of Christ, which died at Calvary.
“10. The sum is, that the flesh and blood of Christ feed our souls just as bread and wine
maintain and support our corporeal life. For there would be no aptitude in the sign, did not
our souls find their nourishment in Christ. This could not be, did not Christ truly form one
with us, and refresh us by the eating of his flesh, and the drinking of his blood. But though
it seems an incredible thing that the flesh of Christ, while at such a distance from us in respect
of place, should be food to us, let us remember how far the secret virtue of the Holy Spirit
surpasses all our conceptions, and how foolish it is to wish to measure its immensity by our
feeble capacity. Therefore, what our mind does not comprehend let faith conceive—viz.
that the Spirit truly unites things separated by space.”
Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion IV 17 10
 
Isn’t this a Calvinist view that Christ descends spiritually and unites people with Him?
I dont know. But we dont have to oppose something just because Calvin agreed with it.

This is what is prayed during the Liturgy of the Eucharist:

"Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray, by sending down your Spirit upon them like the dewfall, so that they may become for us the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ."
 
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Isn’t this a Calvinist view that Christ descends spiritually and unites people with Him?
I dont know. But we dont have to oppose something just because Calvin agreed with it.

This is what is prayed during the Liturgy of the Eucharist:

"Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray, by sending down your Spirit upon them like the dewfall, so that they may become for us the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ."
Thank you for sharing what is actually said at that point in the Liturgy. I am curious about what the sentences are before this one since this one contains the word “therefore”. This seems to indicate a prior need, action or requirement or qualification, "make holy, therefore,…
 
Isn’t this a Calvinist view that Christ descends spiritually and unites people with Him?
Calvin retained significant portions of the Apostolic faith, including infant baptism. He did value “the Lord’s supper” as an “ordinance”, though rejected Real Presence. This is where he came to odds with Luther, who believed more than just a spiritual communion.
If the difference is in how they are regarded, then that sounds like a symbol. In a symbol the meaning is changed, but not the item itself.
I suppose that depends upon one’ s point of view. Obviously all those who received this teaching from the Apostles acknowledge that it is the Flesh and Blood of our lord, but many pagans have spurned this and desecrated the elements because they don’t regard it as such. Perception is one part of it, and the Teaching of Christ is another. One’s lack of ability to perceive what exists does not change what exists.

Jesus was God in the flesh, but not everyone regarded Him this way. That did not change the facts.
I have always had a hard time understanding what people believe actually happens in transubstantiation. What is it that actually and literally changes with the bread and wine?
I agree. It is a question that an inquiring mind cannot really help asking, but it seems so much easier to leave it in the form of a Divine Mystery, as they do in the East. The attempt to rationalize and explain everything sometimes just seems to create more problems. I was just asked on another thread to “prove” that Jesus was referring to Real Presence in John 6, and told that if I could not do this, then I was reading into the text. Well, I find that many matters of the faith cannot be “proved” with Western science. That does not prevent me from accepting them, but I can see why it causes a stumbling block to some.
 
I think it has to do with the body enjoying the freedom of the soul. The body, obeys the will and the will is not bound by any law including the laws of physics,
Bravo! Can we start right now? Today would be a very good day.
 
Thank you for sharing what is actually said at that point in the Liturgy. I am curious about what the sentences are before this one since this one contains the word “therefore”. This seems to indicate a prior need, action or requirement or qualification, "make holy, therefore,…
You know you are welcome to attend Mass any time. Going for research purposes is not a problem. 😄

Here is a print of the ordinary form of the Latin Mass, so you can see the words before and after the epiclesis.

http://www.latinliturgy.com/OrdinaryFormMassText.pdf

You are right that the prayer to “make holy” is based on what occurs before.
 
Jesus never thought the father abandoned him, he was letting the pharisees and those at the bottom of the cross they were fulfilling prophesy. “My God My God why have you forsaken me” is the first line of Psalm 22, the psalm of the innocent man. In the psalm they taught the victim saying let God save him, cast lots for his clothes etct…

He also cites psalm 31 later, “Into thy hands Lord I commit my spirit”

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