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The physical elements of Eucharist is unleavened bread made of just wheat and water and wine made from grapes. These are used to carry on the traditional bread and wine used in the original Last Supper, which was a Passovr seder.

In the catholic Church, the priest takes the bread and wine, blesses them and asks the holy Spirit to come down upon these gifts so they may become the Body and Blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ.

After the bread and wine are consecrated, they are given to those in the congregation to eat and drink.

The Eucharist is a re-presentation and reenactment of teh last Supper.

2006-09-25 10:00:58 · answer #1 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 0 0

I was one...a very long time ago. I managed to have my first confession/communion and be confirmed and I didn't believe in God, all by the time I was ten. No one bothered to ask what I believed in...I was told what to do and I was too afraid to say no. At fault was my mother who was a Catholic who was married to a non-Catholic and a catechism system that had changed from the security of the Baltimore Catechism to the loosey-goosey post-Vatican II teachings. I was so poorly taught that at that time I couldn't explain any church teaching other than the nativity. And that is both scandalous and shameful. I now believe that the Eucharist is the real body and blood of Christ...God called me back to Him after a long time in a spiritual wilderness. And with the aid of stellar tools like the Baltimore Catechism, I now understand the main teachings of God and the church. But, to my sorrow, I see many around me who haven't got a clue what the church teaches. After they were confirmed, they stopped studying the faith and just drift through mass. So do we have practicing Catholics who do not understand that the Eucharist IS the real body and blood of Jesus Christ...unfortunately yes. For this, I blame parents who are too tired to ensure their children learn the faith, either at home or in school, and continue to do so post-Confirmation. And then these same children grow up and repeat the errors of their parents. I also blame Catholic schools who have become too secular in focus now that nuns and priest have been taken out of them. I also blame certain Catholic priests who refuse to teach the hard teachings of the Catholic faith in their homilies. I can't tell you the last time I heard a priest teach on the "last rights" or the need for frequent confession or the fires of hell. All I hear are fuzzy teachings about the love of Christ and nothing about the dangers of mortal sin. God bless. ***** Addendum: I have so-called "practicing" Catholics in my own extended family who haven't a clue what the church teaches. They live in sin and/or practice birth control and freely go to communion. If they had a clue what the Eucharist really was, they wouldn't practice such blasphemy.

2016-03-27 09:23:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

the bread and wine which is the body and blood ??? hope this helps

2006-09-25 09:52:28 · answer #3 · answered by volleygurlx04 2 · 0 0

same thing like drinking cup of coffee

2006-09-25 09:51:22 · answer #4 · answered by george p 7 · 0 0

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