Which Body of Christ?

[triumphguy]

Reading another thread about the transmission of disease and the Eucharist made me think.

At the last supper Jesus took, blessed, broke and gave bread saying
“hoc est enim corpus” - “This is my Body.”

except he said it in aramaic (rather than Greek, Latin or English, and without giving the disciples a lesson in Greek Philosphy)

Which “Body” was he talking about?

1. His living body right then pre-crucifixion but just at the very beginning of the passion?
2. His glorious and resurrected body?
3. Or his Mystical Body the Church.

Or all three?

I know we learned that we receive Christ whole and entire, body, blood, soul and divinity, and that the Eucharist is a re-presentation (a making present) of the one sacrifice of Christ that He made once and for all time.

I’m thinking that we receive Christ’s body #1 and #2 AS members of the Mystical Body.

What do you think?

 

[Ohana]

Well, it is a mystery. Catholic answer.

Which is to say, I never really thought about it, but now that I am I would say that I agree that we are receiving His incarnated body as well as His glorious and resurrected body. I just don’t think they are separate in that His Godhead was present in his precrucified body. Reception of His Body and Blood builds up the mystical Body of the Church. It joins us with him in some ineffable manner.

 

[mymamamary]

I would think, Options 1 and 2. I think Option 1 because Our LORD is ALIVE inside of the HOST, otherwise we would be accused of cannibalism. Option 2 also seems reasonable because Our Blessed LORD already endured the Passion, So Now HE is GLorified and Ressurected.

Just my :twocents:

 

[StLudmilla]

Someone once told me that “in” the Eucharist, are the Incarnation, the Nativity, the Baptism, the Presentation, the Ascension, etc… all the mysteries are contained in the Eucharist. It is the Mystery of Mysteries. So at Christmas, I think about the Eucharist as Christ the baby, born so small and vulnerable that we aren’t be afraid to approach him, at the feast of the Presentation - I think of Christ in the Eucharist as Mary’s son given to the Lord by her (as she give us too), etc etc.

 

[fred_conty]

Someone once told me that “in” the Eucharist, are the Incarnation, the Nativity, the Baptism, the Presentation, the Ascension, etc… all the mysteries are contained in the Eucharist. It is the Mystery of Mysteries. So at Christmas, I think about the Eucharist as Christ the baby, born so small and vulnerable that we aren’t be afraid to approach him, at the feast of the Presentation - I think of Christ in the Eucharist as Mary’s son given to the Lord by her (as she give us too), etc etc.

I like your answer.

The question is, is my body or your body different than it was 20 years ago?
Yes, entirely different. But what isn’t different is the person.
In the Eucharist we receive the same person as he was then, is now, and always will be.
So who we receive is Jesus which is the only food that changes us into food, Jesus himself.

We receive the entire Jesus who was born as an infant, grew to maturity, suffered, died, resurrected, and was glorified, and not one piece of time in which he existed.

Just a thought.

 

[ConstantineTG]

He said, “this is my body which has been given up for you.”

Which body was given up for us?

I think it’s a simple enough statement.

 

[StLudmilla]

He said, “this is my body which has been given up for you.”

Which body was given up for us?

I think it’s a simple enough statement.

Well, no, it’s not that simple, Christ’s sacrifice for us began at the incarnation and was consummated on the cross. Jesus was giving himself up the whole time, his entire earthly life was a sacrifice for us.