Can someone explain to me what the "Jesus cookie" is about?

Question

im sorry, I mean the "eucharist".

Answer 1

*yawn* I knew I stopped dropping by the R&S room for a reason

Answer 2

Just remember this one quote from the bible which should answer all questions:

"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" (Mark 8:36).

Salvation is a personal choice, choosing to take Communion is a very personal choice and is done so with deep prayer, and reflection, as it says in the bible that any one that eats of the bread or drinks of the cup with an ill heart will become spiritually sick. Why mock something that you can not begin to understand.

I pray that the Lord begins to do great works in this county and that there is a great revival, for I know that the United States needs it.

Answer 3

your not sorry your a pathetic slob

Vs 54, "Whoever eats My flesh, and drinks My blood, has eternal life; and I will raise him up on the last day." Did He say to eat the symbol of His flesh?

Vs 55, Jesus said, "For My flesh is meat indeed, and My blood is drink indeed."



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Vs 56, Jesus said, "He that eats My flesh and drinks My blood dwells in Me, and I in him."
Did He say, 'He that eats a symbol of My flesh...'. How can a mere symbol fulfill this promise?
Does only a symbol of Christ dwell in us? I thought GOD Himself dwelt within us, 1John 4:12-13.

Vs 59, This verse shows that Jesus taught this discourse to all the people.

Vs 60, They doubt a third time when many disciples said, "This is a hard saying, who can hear it"?
The Jews were instilled by many Old Testament verses, admonishing them not to consume blood.
See Deut 12:23, Lev 17:11and 14. They must have thought this was something akin to cannibalism.
Is this what you think too?
At any point did Jesus back down? Explain to me, if this chapter is symbolic, why did He not explain the symbolism to them?

Vs 61, Jesus did not back down, for He said, "Does this offend you?"
He knew their thoughts and He certainly knew the Old Testament verses about the consumption of blood.
In the next verse, He separated spiritual things from earthly things.

Vs 63*, Jesus said, "It is the spirit that quickens; the flesh profits nothing. The words I speak to you, they are spirit, and they are life."
Did He say He was speaking figuratively or in parables? This is the second verse detractors use to try to "prove" that Jesus spoke figuratively for the whole chapter. Did Jesus say "My" flesh? No, He said "the" flesh. What Jesus had said was, that we cannot accept this mystery if we accept it in too human a way, by having an earthly view of things. Those who can only think of cannibalism, are they not having an earthly view?
See John 3:6, "That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." Verse 63 means that we should not have a carnal human understanding of His words, but a spiritual understanding.

Answer 4

In the Catholic church, the priest is empowered to call on the Holy Spirit to transform ordinary bread and ordinary wine into the glorified and risen body, blood, soul, and divinity of Jesus Christ, on the altar for us, at every Mass.

Jesus IS the one time, once for all, eternal sacrifice of Calvary, and he IS salvation personified.

Once Jesus becomes present, we offer our meager personal sacrifices to God, along with Jesus himself, as one holy, unified, and acceptable sacrifice to God the Father.

Faced with a perfect offering such as this, God provides for all our needs, while Jesus becomes the eternal fulfillment of the Passover for us, as we eat the flesh of the Lamb of God, and drink his blood, so that God's wrath for our sins might be turned to mercy, and his just punishment might be turned to grace.

In this, we Catholics enjoy the closest possible "personal relationship" with Jesus, as we rely on Christ to serve as HIgh Priest, Perfect Mediator, our brother, our redeemer, and our king, as well as our heavenly sustenance.

All of this and more is made possible by the real and substantial presence of Jesus Christ on the altar at every Mass, who remains the source and summit of our entire Christian existence.

And I would appreciate it if you stopped referring to our Savior as a "Jesus cookie".

Answer 5

That's very disrespectful. You're not sorry, or else you wouldnt have posted it. You need someone to give you an attitude adjustment.

Jesus said: "‘I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh.’ The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, ‘How can this man give us his flesh to eat?’" (John 6:51–52). In Matthew 26:26 Jesus tells them how: "While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take and eat; this is my body."
After the resurection, when he was at the table with the travelers to Emmaus, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him. (Luke 24)

Answer 6

something that goes against old testament teachings. Leviticus talks about not eating flesh, but yet people just leave this part out.

Answer 7

You are being flippant and insulting, what is the need for this?
If you were serious I could explain it well but it would be a waste on you I think.

Answer 8

Its an ancient rite of assimilating the god. You eat the God and become him. Old pagan thing. Tasty too.

Answer 9

Its his flesh and you need to eat it!