I am a Catholic and to me the Eucharist is truly the Body of Christ. I love communion as it is then then my Lord comes to dwell with me. I feel His presence always but more at that moment. What does communion mean to you?Not judging this is just a chance to express your belief. Please do the same.
2006-07-14 15:14:13 · 8 answers · asked by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am Catholic, too.
The Holy Eucharist is truly the body, blood, soul, and divinity of our Lord Jesus, but veiled under the appearance of bread and wine. It is the same eternal sacrifice that Jesus made for us at Calvary, but it is also the risen Lord that we receive in the Holy Eucharist. Unlike Protestants who dismiss most of John Chapter 6 and only focus on one verse of it, I believe all of John Chapter 6.
I think that nothing takes more faith than to believe what we Catholics believe about the Holy Eucharist. That's why in John Chapter 6, just like how most of the disciples of Jesus left Him when they understood Him literally (I guess they must have thought that He was going to rip off His arm and hand it to them to eat), many refuse to accept it and believe it today. Notice that Jesus says that this is needed for their salvation, but when He sees that they are leaving Him because they understand Him literally, Jesus doesn't yell out at them, "Wait, come back! I only meant it symbolically!" Instead, Jesus turns to the Apostles and asks them if they are going to leave Him, too. Then Peter said...
2006-07-14 15:22:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
When I was a kid going to Sunday School and we had communion, I ACTUALLY thought I was eating a person some 2000 yrs old! At the time all I could think was EWWWW...!!
But now I am older (let's not talk about that) and I understand that it is a celbration of sorts. It's a rememberance of what Christ did for us. Sort of like celebrating a birthday or something.
2006-07-15 03:23:22 · answer #2 · answered by helpme1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was once a Roman Catholic and converted to Oneness Pentecostalism. I was a loyal Catholic, read the writings of Scott Hahn, David Curie, and Envoy magazine.
I agree with the Roman Catholic Church that communion is a holy act. It should be taken very seriously and not taken by anybody.
I will only take Communion if I have repented of my sins, activley trying to live in a Christian way, and if I am in communion with the 'doctrinal beliefs' of the church holding it: since Communion has to do with the COMMUNITY!
I don't believe in transubstantiation. I don't even beleive that John 6 is referring to communion. If you read the first part of John 6 you find that people are following Jesus soley for miracles, particuarly for the loaves and the fishes. Jesus was trying to make them mad so they wouldn't follow him, same reason why he spoke in parables. Jesus DID explain himself that he was speaking spritually, in verse 63. Despite his actions and his parabelic speaking, the true disciples stayed.
Just my views. I do think the act of communion is sacred and should be approached with correct amounts of fear and respect.
2006-07-14 15:25:16 · answer #3 · answered by Jon Daigle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well communion is keeping in rememberance of what Christ did for us. But its not his blood I am drinking or his body I am protaking of. That would be like killin him all over again. We just do it for rememberance.
2006-07-14 15:21:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
communion should be a time of reflection & connection with God, as well as remembrance of all He's done for us (specifically in sacrificing the most important thing to Him, his son). it should be a personal experience for each person that participates in it.
2006-07-14 15:30:04 · answer #5 · answered by MB 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Joh 6:56 He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me: and I in him. As the living Father hath sent me and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, the same also shall live by me.
I believe this scripture simply says that Jesus will be giving up His very life for us. He is telling us that we will have to "consume" Him, making Him the center of our lives. He is telling us that if we will receive His sacrifice, freely offered, then we will have eternal life. He will give up His flesh (life) and we will live forever; He did and we do.
There is nothing in the scriptures to validate that the host bread and the wine used in the Roman Catholic sacrament of communion is "transubstantiated" to His real flesh and blood. The scriptures just don't support that.
Jesus was THE Master of parables and symbolism. It was His "stock in trade". Studying the Bible as an entire living document will give you the "edge" of correct interpretation.
Joh 6:56 (6:57) He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me: and I in him.
Joh 6:57 (6:58) As the living Father hath sent me and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, the same also shall live by me.
Joh 6:58 (6:59) This is the bread that came down from heaven. Not as your fathers did eat manna and are dead. He that eateth this bread shall live for ever.
Joh 6:59 (6:60) These things he said, teaching in the synagogue, in Capharnaum.
Joh 6:60 (6:61) Many therefore of his disciples, hearing it, said: This saying is hard; and who can hear it?
Joh 6:61 (6:62) But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them: Doth this scandalize you?
Joh 6:62 (6:63) If then you shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
Joh 6:63 (6:64) It is the spirit that quickeneth: the flesh profiteth nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
The Word is life, not a piece of bread or a glass of wine.
Luk 22:14 And when the hour was come, he sat down: and the twelve apostles with him.
Luk 22:15 And he said to them: With desire I have desired to eat this pasch with you, before I suffer.
Luk 22:16 For I say to you that from this time I will not eat it, till it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
Luk 22:17 And having taken the chalice, he gave thanks and said: Take and divide it among you.
Luk 22:18 For I say to you that I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, till the kingdom of God come.
Luk 22:19 And taking bread, he gave thanks and brake and gave to them, saying: This is my body, which is given for you. Do this for a commemoration of me.
Luk 22:20 In like manner, the chalice also, after he had supped, saying: This is the chalice, the new testament in my blood, which shall be shed for you.
We do this act of worship as a commemoration, as an act of remembrance of Him. It is a Holy time indeed, but we are only symbolically eating.
Many times I am moved to tears during the act of sharing with my fellow believers in this Holy time. I am brought to remember him and His sacrifice, what He did on the cross for ME! That's why we celebrate communion, to remember and to reconsecrate our lives. What great joy!
2006-07-14 15:43:07 · answer #6 · answered by steve 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
communion is wonderful if you truly knows what it means. it means that we are eating his flesh and blood to clense are body from him dieing on the cross. jesus is wonderful and i love him so much and am very thankful that he died for me, you, and the world.
2006-07-14 15:20:16 · answer #7 · answered by pilotman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eating crackers out of the hand of a pedophile won't do a thing for you.
2006-07-14 15:17:53 · answer #8 · answered by parshooter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋