The Eucharist in the Bible/how to explain

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I am dating a guy who grew up non-denominational. We’ve only been dating a few months, but I told him on like date #2 that I’m not expecting him to convert, but that my two non-negotiables are I want to get married in the church and raise my kids catholic. At first he didn’t have a problem. But last night he basically told me he wouldn’t want his kids going to mass every Sunday. He also was asking me a bunch of questions about the Eucharist. “Where is that in the bible?” Etc. So I talked about the institution of the Eucharist. But then he said, “okay Jesus did that one time. Where does it say he gave man the power to perform this procedure during mass?” So I talked about how Jesus gave Peter the keys to the kingdom, but I don’t think that explanation was good enough for him. What should I do? What sources would you recommend for us to look at together?
 
First and foremost, unless he actually and trully converts, you may face serious challenges in raising your children according to the Catholic faith… as far as sources go…


 
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And of course, Catholic Answers has a pretty good search engine on various areas of question.
 
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Check out the Institute of Catholic Culture (ICC):

https://instituteofcatholicculture.org/

It’s free to register and has great archived video talks and monthly webinars. When you register search for the talk “Bread of Life,” with Fr Hezekias and watch it with your boyfriend.

Also check these videos out with him, also by the ICC:



To understand the Eucharist we must also grasp Baptism and Chrismation (Confirmation).

ZP
 
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Where does it say he gave man the power to perform this procedure during mass?
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Jesus gave his apostles the power to confect the Eucharist at the Last Supper when he said, “Do this in remembrance of me.” (Luke 22:19)

Afterwards, after Jesus’ death, resurrection, ascension and sending of the Holy Spirit, the first Christians repeatedly celebrated the Eucharist: “And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.” (Acts 2:42)

St Paul refers to repeated celebrations of the Eucharist in his First Letter to the Corinthians:
14 Therefore, my beloved, shun the worship of idols. 15 I speak as to sensible men; judge for yourselves what I say. 16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a participation [or communion] in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a participation [or communion] in the body of Christ? 17 Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread. 18 Consider the practice of Israel; are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar? 19 What do I imply then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? 20 No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. 22 Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? (1 Cor 10:14-22)

23 For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks [Greek: eucharistesas], he broke it, and said, “This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
27 Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord. 28 Let a man examine himself, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For any one who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment upon himself. (1 Cor 11:23 -29)
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Despite the fact that it has been pointed out that Christians did this from the beginning, as recorded in Acts, history shows this was always the practice of Christians up until the Reformation movement in the 16th century. We are not Bible-alone people, we are Catholics.
 
Agreed with @Todd_Easton above and also the following:

(Luke 22:19) And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

(1 Corinthians 11:29) “For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.”
 
If your boyfriend is willing, I suggest you guys read the last chapters of St Justin Martyr’s First Apology, chapters 61, 65-67, written about the year 155, where he describes Christian baptism, the Eucharist and a typical Sunday worship service of his day. St Justin suffered martyrdom about the year 165.
 
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