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benotafraidapologetics.wordpress.com

A Catholic's Guide to

Defending the

a project of be not afraid

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Eucharist

What do we belive

about the Eucharist?

The Catholic Church teaches that,

although it looks like ordinary

bread & wine, the Eucharist is

truly Christ's Body and Blood.

Some Protestant Arguments

"That's not actually Christ, just a symbol."

How we can address this argument:

Matthew 26:26-27 says, "While they wer eating, Jesus took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and giving it to his disciples, said, 'Take and eat, this is my body.' Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, 'Drink from it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which will be shed on behalf of many for the forgiveness of sins.'"

We see here that the Jews were wondering how Christ could give them His Real Flesh & Blood to actually eat.

Let's see what Christ responds by saying to these people who are confused about how this could be...

WHY?

One Last Note

The Eucharist,

  • John 6:52-55
  • "The Jews quarreled amongst themselves, saying, 'How can this man give us his flesh to eat?' Jesus said to them, 'Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink."

Christ responds to the Jews with a very clear answer: He is able to give them His Flesh and Blood to eat and drink, and, furthermore, "unless you eat and drink the flesh and of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you."

when received in a Catholic

[from John 6:53]

church, is actually Jesus. However, Protestant communion is NOT Jesus--it's only normal bread and wine. Because of this, we NEVER want to receive communion at a Protestant church, because it might make them think that it's our belief that their communion is the same as ours--and it's definitely not!

Christ Himself told us this!

What is this saying?

When we don't discern ourselves (examine our conscience for mortal sin before receiving the Eucharist), we'll be guilty of profaning Jesus' Body and Blood. What does that mean? It means that those who receive Jesus unworthily are guilty of sins against Jesus' actual body and blood. If the Eucharist is only a symbol, we can't be guilty of a sin against Jesus. The only logical conclusion, then, is that the Eucharist really is Jesus!

Protestants often make the claim that Jesus was just speaking symbollically at the Last Supper. However, Jesus says, "This is my body"--what else does that mean? Clearly, Christ is referring to what looks like bread and wine--but He says something else. He tells us that it's not just normal food, it's truly Christ's Body and Blood!

Okay, so maybe they're still

11:23-32: "For I received from the Lord the what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the nght he was handed over, took bread, and, after he had given thanks, broke it and said,

Let's check out 1 Corinthians

not convinced.

"Why does Christ still call it 'bread' and 'wine' if it's really Christ's Body and Blood?"

For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord unitl he comes.

'This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.' 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.'

That is why many among you are ill and infirm and a considerable number are dying. If we discerned ourselves, we would not be under judgment; but

Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord. A person should exaine himself, and so eat the bread and drink the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment upon himself. ng with the world."

since we are judged by [the] Lord, we are being disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world."

We're humans, and we identify things as we see them, even though they might be something else.

In Mark 16:5, the angel in Jesus' empty tomb is referred to as a "young man", because that's what the angel looks like. "On entering the tomb they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a white robe, and they were utterly amazed."

Similarly, the Eucharist, truly Christ's Body and Blood, is referenced by what it looks like to us as humans: bread and wine.

Another Argument

Want more information?

The Catechism of the Catholic Church has more information!

see CCC 1322-1416

yes, the

is SO important

has a lot to say

Eucharist

that the Catechism

about it!

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