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sparkly650
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Leviticus 17:12 told the Israelites that they must not consume blood. How is it okay for us as Catholics to consume Jesus’ blood?
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HopkinsReb
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The New Covenant completes the old and we are no longer under such laws. We also eat pork and shellfish now.
Tis_Bearself
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And wear clothing of mixed fibers. And we don’t have all those laws about being unclean and needing to go through rituals get clean again either.
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HopkinsReb
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Speak for yourself, heathen.
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Wesrock
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The blood wasn’t unclean, but contained the life, and during animal sacrifice was splashed on the altar. Blood was also used by Moses to seal the covenant and make priests.
Christians share in Jesus’ life and the true divine life through him. The chalice is part of the symbol of the new covenant we have through Christ. We’re made priests by our baptism, and are called upon to be altars to our Lord. The prohibition in Leviticus helps heighten our understanding of sharing in the blood of Christ.
Christians share in Jesus’ life and the true divine life through him. The chalice is part of the symbol of the new covenant we have through Christ. We’re made priests by our baptism, and are called upon to be altars to our Lord. The prohibition in Leviticus helps heighten our understanding of sharing in the blood of Christ.
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Aquinas11
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In my parish the blood is not offered in Chalice, only the Eucharist is offered as I understand that the Eucharist incorporates the body and blood.
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Wesrock
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We call it concommitance: Christ’s body, blood, soul, and divinity are fully present under either species.
Tis_Bearself
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It does, and I also have a parish priest now who says “The Blood of Christ” as he distributes the consecrated Hosts. I have been to communion to this new priest 2-3 times so I’m sure he is doing that and I’m not hearing wrong and he didn’t just make a mistake.
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jackydarapper
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Nailed it! 
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Thom18
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In the Old Covenant, the Israelites were told not to drink blood because the life of a creature is in its blood. In the New Covenant, we are instructed to drink Jesus’ blood precisely for this reason. Consuming His Body and Blood is what gives us Life.
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JimR-OCDS
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Both the bread and wine become the body and blood of Jesus, but the accidents remain as bread and wine.
God could make the chair I’m sitting in, the body of Jesus, but it would still look and have the material of a chair.
Same with the consecrated bread and wine. At Mass, they become the body and blood of Jesus Christ, but remain bread in wine in appearance.
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God could make the chair I’m sitting in, the body of Jesus, but it would still look and have the material of a chair.
Same with the consecrated bread and wine. At Mass, they become the body and blood of Jesus Christ, but remain bread in wine in appearance.
Jim
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