2006-08-12 17:33:04 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Why is hard to understand Eucharist
2006-08-12 17:41:43 · update #1
Miracles are always hard to understand.
Miracles are things that happen outside the normal laws of nature by the power of God.
At the Last Supper, Jesus said, “Take this bread. It is my body.” Then he said, “Take this and drink. This is my blood. Do this in memory of me.”
Catholics believe this was the First Eucharist, that through a miracle the bread and wine actually became the body and blood of Jesus Christ.
Catholics reenact the Last Supper during every Mass, where God, acting through the priest, changes the bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus Christ.
This is a great sacrament of thanksgiving and unity of Catholics.
With love in Christ.
2006-08-13 17:25:54 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am guessing that the question is "Why is it hard to understand the Eucharist"?
The Eucharist is the Catholic term for communion. Its is the carrying out of the command given by Jesus at the last supper to "do this is memory of me".
Simply sharing the eucharist or communion is remembering and celebrating the sacrifice made on our behalf by Christ to save us from sin and death.
In the Catholic church there some differences or distinctives (when compared to the Protestant Churches) in the Eucharist.
First, the eucharist is celebrated at every catholic service (not so in protestant services).
Second, the bread and wine (or whatever material is used) is believed to become the literal body and blood of Christ at the time of the eucharist. This is not taught or believed in the protestant churches.
Does this second point matter? I believe it does.
Before Jesus died on the cross he said "it is finished". What was finished? The saving act of grace for all mankind. There was nothing to be added, nothing to be repeated, nothing more to make it complete. It was finished.
By declaring that the material becomes the literal body and blood of Christ the sacrifice is being repeated, when it is not necessary.
Hope this helps..
Peter
2006-08-12 17:53:52 · answer #2 · answered by Peter H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's funny that Protestants can't grasp the idea that God is all powerful, and His word is true. Jesus spends an entire chapter (John 6) explaining the meaning of the Eucharist, and all they can do is take a single verse to twist the whole meaning around so it's just 'spiritual'. God is Master of space and time, too, you know! He can connect the Sacrifice on the Cross to every Eucharistic Service ever performed at the same time. He is most emphatically NOT crucified over and over again at the Mass.
Bottom line? O Ye of Little Faith!
2006-08-12 17:43:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree that while man cannot simply understand the word of God, the Eucharist, or all scripture for that matter, is symbolistic. There is a different meaning for everyone and is not mean to be taken literally. For the idiot that actually believes a man fits into a communion wafer, he needs to grow up. That's the sillliest thing i've ever heard of. It 'represents' the body of christ. We are supposed to take it and embrace for its meaning. Hope i did some justice man.
2006-08-20 15:53:17 · answer #4 · answered by Jessica S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Eucharist represents the body of Christ and the blood he shed on the cross. We eat the body and drink the blood to remind us of Jesus sacrifice. I think that Eucharist means: thanksgiving.
2006-08-20 06:20:40 · answer #5 · answered by PHP 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a religious ritual.
We are not cannibals.
Jesus did not mean the last supper literally.
Do you really think that a man has power to convert the wafer to the actual body of Jesus do you?
And if so are you a cannibal?
2006-08-12 17:44:52 · answer #6 · answered by chris p 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do they fit a full grown man - albeit an invisible one - inside that little wafer? It's very hard to believe..... You also expect us to believe he came back to life and that he is not only the son of god but also god himself; not to mention a ghost as well. Frankly the whole thing is too much.
If we were made in his image then god must have to eat, drink and go to the toilet. You expect me to believe that too? Does god use toilet paper? Oh come on now..... it's ridiculous.
2006-08-12 17:41:29 · answer #7 · answered by pieter U3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a good Eucharist--so, what's trump?
2006-08-12 17:41:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because it's counter-intuitive. God becoming man and dying for the same people that murdered him also seems counter-intuitive. But there it is; Jesus said the first Mass at the Last Supper, right before He died for us.
2006-08-12 17:47:20 · answer #9 · answered by mle_trogdor2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because based on what Roman Catholocism says about it, it is unscriptural. Anything created by man that is attributed to God is very confusing.
2006-08-12 17:38:34 · answer #10 · answered by foxray43 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋