I’m sure this question has been brought up a lot, but I am having trouble explaining the Eucharist to my dad. He was raised as a Southern Baptist. I have told him that we believe it to be the true body and blood of Jesus Christ, not a symbol. And I have explained and read the verses from the book of John to him. I have also explained that if Christ didn’t truly mean what he said when he said it was his body and blood, he would have corrected himself when he lost many of his followers because they were offended by the mentioning of cannibalism.
He just keeps saying “It can’t truly be his body and blood, because if it was, how was he standing there telling them it was his body and blood? It’s not like he was literally cutting off slabs of his flesh and putting it on the table. He was holding bread and wine and saying that it was his body and blood. To me that means he was saying that it symbolizes his body and blood”
I don’t really know how to respond to this. I did finish RCIA near the end of last year, so I am still relatively new to people challenging me like this. Any help/advice would be great! Thanks!
