Question on the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ ( Communion)

[MaroniteRosary]

I have always wondered how does the priest actually make communion body and blood of Jesus when Jesus is the only one who can turn water into his Blood and bread into his flesh?

 

[ConstantineTG]

I have always wondered how does the priest actually make communion body and blood of Jesus when Jesus is the only one who can turn water into his Blood and bread into his flesh?

Read about the multiplication of loaves and fish. Note that the bread multiplied in the hands of the Apostles after Jesus initiated for it to happen. Same thing happens during the Anaphora, where the priests, by command by Jesus to “do this in remembrance of me,” multiplies the loaves of the Bread of Life.

 

[Cathryn]

The priest is acting in “persona Christi” , in the person of Christ, when he repeats the words of Jesus. The priest is God’s instrument by virtue of his ordination. Jesus Christ is both the victim and the priest at the Mass.

 

[Cathryn]

Duplicate post

 

[dconklin]

When Jesus was celebrating the Last Supper with his apostles he said “Do this in memory of me.” - so our priests do it.

 

[rcdianne]

Actually, it is a combination of the above answers but mostly what Cathryn said. The priest is acting"in persona Christi" by virtue of Apostolic Succession. He is the instrument that God Himself has chosen to use. The changing of the bread and wine into Christ’s Body and Blood takes place at the Epiclesis when the priest extends his hands over the Chalice, calls down the Holy Spirit, and then repeats the Words of Institution. Only the priest can do this because only a validly ordained priest can celebrate the Mass.

Dianne

 

[jpjd]

I have always wondered how does the priest actually make communion body and blood of Jesus when Jesus is the only one who can turn water into his Blood and bread into his flesh?

You are correct, Jesus is the only one who can do this, and so it is that the priest does this by the power of the Holy Spirit, acting in the person of Christ, by virtue of his ordination.