The eucharist once a year?

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I recently spoke with a friend of mine who refers to himself as a non-denominational Christian, a member of the “invisible church of all true believers”.

When I asked him what he thought about Jesus’ words “This IS my body; this IS my blood” and “He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood shall live forever” his response floored me. He said that Jesus spoke of what we refer to as the consecration during a seder meal at Passover and so therefore, Jesus only meant for us to remember these particular words once year, at a seder meal.

Friends, I have no idea whatsover how to respond to that. Does anyone have any (name removed by moderator)ut?

Thanks.

P.S. He also believes in the pre-trib rapture, and I’m starting a thread in the Apologetics forum entitled “Pre-Trib Rapture Rationale” if you’re interested. Thanks again!
 
Little Mary:
I recently spoke with a friend of mine who refers to himself as a non-denominational Christian, a member of the “invisible church of all true believers”.

When I asked him what he thought about Jesus’ words “This IS my body; this IS my blood” and “He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood shall live forever” his response floored me. He said that Jesus spoke of what we refer to as the consecration during a seder meal at Passover and so therefore, Jesus only meant for us to remember these particular words once year, at a seder meal.

Friends, I have no idea whatsover how to respond to that. Does anyone have any (name removed by moderator)ut?

Thanks.

P.S. He also believes in the pre-trib rapture, and I’m starting a thread in the Apologetics forum entitled “Pre-Trib Rapture Rationale” if you’re interested. Thanks again!
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What is interesting about this question is that Church Law only requires a Catholic to receive Holy Communion once a year during the Easter Season. It is us who should want to receive Him more often.
 
Br. Rich SFO:
What is interesting about this question is that Church Law only requires a Catholic to receive Holy Communion once a year during the Easter Season. It is us who should want to receive Him more often.
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Thank you, Brother Rich. That helps. At the time, I was unable to think quickly enough.
 
Little Mary:
He said that Jesus spoke of what we refer to as the consecration during a seder meal at Passover and so therefore, Jesus only meant for us to remember these particular words once year, at a seder meal.
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Yes, Jesus instituted the meal during the jewish Passover, but it was not a meal only to remember Him. The jewish Passover was in rememberance of how God saved his people, the jews, out of slavery from Egypt. The blod fram the pascal lamb on their door frames saved them when “the angel og death” run over the country. After that God saved the jews through the Read Sea. The egyptians did not reach the other side.

This is what the Eucarist is about. Jesus (our pascal lamb) gave himself to us as real food. We have to have His flesh indside us (real meal) and through His blood we are saved. If we refuse to take his body and his blood, perhaps God will not let us over to the other side (Heaven) alive.

The early christians came together at least once a week to celebrate the Eucarist. They did not understand the Eucarist as something to only be swallowed once a year.

The jewish Passover is the forshadow of the REAL MEAL (the Eucarist), not the recipe of how to celebrate as christians.

G.G.
 
Any suggestions? Has anyone else fielded an opinion like this one?
 
Jesus never said do this once a year or whatnot. Funny these heretics say they take the Bible literally. Yet when you bring up the Eucharist, they balk.

Eucharist once a year as others have said has pretty much been the norm since at least when the Catechism of Trent was drafted about 450 years ago. However, the need for Eucharist daily if possible has been expressed for quite a while now is Pope St. Pius X really advocates this.
 
In the book of Acts the apostles broke bread daily. Hmm sounds catholic to me.
At the very least the Didache says they celebrated the day of the Lord by the eucharistic sacrifice of the mass in the form of bread and wine.
 
I just got another argument from another non-denominational that, “Hey, well, …ya know…Jesus only did it once”

Help
 
And this one,

Where in the bible does it say that Catholic priests have the power to change the bread and wine into the body and blood?

(sigh)
 
Little Mary:
I just got another argument from another non-denominational that, “Hey, well, …ya know…Jesus only did it once”

Help
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No He didn’t, He did it twice!
 
Little Mary:
I just got another argument from another non-denominational that, “Hey, well, …ya know…Jesus only did it once”

Help
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This comes again to the Paschal Lamb argument again, I suppose. Ya know… the Exodus happened only once, why did the Jews celebrate it again and again then?

The same with our (even more profoundly awe-inspiring) Paschal Eucharist. 👍
 
Little Mary:
And this one,

Where in the bible does it say that Catholic priests have the power to change the bread and wine into the body and blood?

(sigh)
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The Acts of the Apostles and the epistles clearly implied that the Apostles held the Eucharist – “the breaking of the bread and wine … [to] discern the Body of Our Lord.”

It all comes down to the different way we interpret the Sacred Scripture, I guess.

Ask him, where in the bible does it say that The Father and the Son and the Holy Ghosts are disctinct Three Persons, yet One in Divinity. :eek:
 
God’s covenant with the Hebrews (Jews) is the “old” covenant, replaced by the new covenant that Jesus instituted at the Last Supper.

The Eucharist is the “new and everlasting covenant.” One of the Eucharistic prayers said at Mass has that phrase in it.

The Catechism most likely has something in it that will help.
 
The Catechism of the Catholic Church –

site with a search engine:

scborromeo.org/ccc.htm

Results from my typing only the word Eucharist brings up 12 pages filled with links to paragraphs that have the word “Eucharist” in it.

ccc.scborromeo.org.master.com/texis/master/search/?sufs=0&q=Eucharist&xsubmit=Search&s=SS

There are many paragraphs in the Catechism on Eucharist, so I just am posting only a few of them here.

2181 The Sunday Eucharist is the foundation and confirmation of all Christian practice. For this reason the faithful are obliged to participate in the Eucharist on days of obligation, unless excused for a serious reason (for example, illness, the care of infants) or dispensed by their own pastor. Those who deliberately fail in this obligation commit a grave sin.

Another paragraph says this:

**1436 ** Eucharist and Penance. Daily conversion and penance find their source and nourishment in the Eucharist, for in it is made present the sacrifice of Christ which has reconciled us with God. Through the Eucharist those who live from the life of Christ are fed and strengthened. “It is a remedy to free us from our daily faults and to preserve us from mortal sins.”

Another paragraph says this:

**1360 ** The Eucharist is a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Father, a blessing by which the Church expresses her gratitude to God for all his benefits, for all that he has accomplished through creation, redemption, and sanctification. Eucharist means first of all “thanksgiving.”

Hope this helps.
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Thank you Mr. S4nta and Veronica Anne! I wish you could come to work with me tomorrow! That’s where I’m getting all of this!

Thanks again for your posts. 🙂
 
I have not yet read all of the replies but I would recommend Scott Hahn’s tape “The Fourth Cup” and his book, “The Lamb’s Supper.” Your friend is right about the reference to the Passover meal, but wrong about how we are to remember it.

Another respondent had mentioned that Catholics are only required to receive Communion once per year (preferably during the Easter season). Likewise Catholics are only required to receive the sacrament of Confession once per year (preferably during the Lenten season). These are MINIMUMS imposed to make sure that we don’t go through our lives attending Mass (as we are required to do on all Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation) without the benefit of receiving the Sacrament which is the entire purpose of the Mass.
 
Does the Breaking of the Bread with the disciples at Emmaus count. It would certainly disprove the once a year theory…

In Christ’s peace and joy,

Robin L.
 
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