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zoe_otero
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I would be very grateful if anyone could please answer this thank you for your time.
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Reuben_J
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Because it is food that give life for our souls. Just as our physical bodies need food to be strong and live, so too are our souls; they need spiritual food and Jesus Body and Blood is the perfect nutrition.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood* abides in me, and I in him**. As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father,** so he who eats me will live because of me**. This is the bread which came down from heaven, not such as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live for ever.” Jn 6:53-58*
“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood* abides in me, and I in him**. As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father,** so he who eats me will live because of me**. This is the bread which came down from heaven, not such as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live for ever.” Jn 6:53-58*
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pianistclare
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If they told you Jesus Christ Himself was at your church…waiting for you…
would you pass it up rather than be with Him?
Happens at every Catholic Mass.
Where are the crowds?
Many don’t believe. But Jesus said it. (see previous post).
He never lied about anything. But yet, people all over the earth question, question question.
God bless you. Welcome to the fora.
would you pass it up rather than be with Him?
Happens at every Catholic Mass.
Where are the crowds?
Many don’t believe. But Jesus said it. (see previous post).
He never lied about anything. But yet, people all over the earth question, question question.
God bless you. Welcome to the fora.
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ClearWater
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Jesus said to take it and eat, that it was his body, to take it and drink, that it was his blood, the blood of the new and everlasting covenant, that it would be shed** for the forgiveness of sins. ** He said, “Do this in memory of me”. ** Whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim his death until he comes again**.
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ClearWater
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Jesus commanded us to receive communion.
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otjm
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Read the Gospel of John, Chapter 6. The answer is there.
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GEddie
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It’s the body of our LORD. What could be more significant?
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Barb3
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Many years ago I made a one-day retreat avbout the Eucharist – the priest was so profound I made up my mind to go to Mass every day to receive the Euchariest – I felt strongly that Jesus was with me at all times. I can’t go anymore a/c I’m too old and it’s difficult to get to Church – but I strongly suggest that anyone who can should try to go to Mass every day just to receive Jesus in the Eucharist.
po18guy
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Faithful Jews had to eat the Passover sacrifice, by command. Jesus, being the final and eternal Passover sacrifice, gave us edible forms of the substance of His Body and Blood, so that we might eat and drink so as to have life within us. It is a participation in the sacrifice of Christ via His Body and Blood, just as Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 10:16-18, 11:23-30.
Think of this: Which spirit, who roams and patrols the earth (Job 1:7), would incite the idea that the Eucharist is not needed?
Think of this: Which spirit, who roams and patrols the earth (Job 1:7), would incite the idea that the Eucharist is not needed?
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Monte_RCMS
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The Eucharist is the centrality of Catholic worship.
John 6.
John 6.
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FrancescaMaria
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Because it is amazing to be able to physically touch our Lord Jesus and receive Him in our body. There is no other way we can do that here on earth.
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Wesrock
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There’s a mistake in modern thought of viewing a human being as a being a soul that just happens to have a body. That is not true, and seems to hint at Gnostic and Manichean heresies that the material realm is evil. A whole person is body and soul, both made very good by God. I say this to emphasize that our bodily senses and needs are an essential part of who we are and how we live. The sacraments, then, are physical signs and mysteries for us of the distribution and reception of God’s graces through Christ’s body, the Church. We are involved bodily in these activities, this involvement lifts us up and allows us real, physical participation in these mysteries, which makes sense for beings such as us that are both spirit and body.
The Eucharist is perhaps the most central sacrament of all for Catholics. We participate in Jesus’ total giving of self to us. It is a symbol in the sense that the mystical reality is there but veiled from our eyes. It is Jesus giving Himself to His Bride, the Church. It is our celebrating the new Passover with him. It is the partaking of the truly heavenly manna. It is the eating of the tree of life. It is the heavenly wedding banquet. It is Jesus making a union with us not just spiritually but physically. It is a partaking of the divine nature, of God acting through the sacraments to allow us to participate in His divine life. It is Him filling us with Himself.
I hope I didn’t come off too strongly, there.
The Eucharist is perhaps the most central sacrament of all for Catholics. We participate in Jesus’ total giving of self to us. It is a symbol in the sense that the mystical reality is there but veiled from our eyes. It is Jesus giving Himself to His Bride, the Church. It is our celebrating the new Passover with him. It is the partaking of the truly heavenly manna. It is the eating of the tree of life. It is the heavenly wedding banquet. It is Jesus making a union with us not just spiritually but physically. It is a partaking of the divine nature, of God acting through the sacraments to allow us to participate in His divine life. It is Him filling us with Himself.
I hope I didn’t come off too strongly, there.
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