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Question

If im not mistaken yall believe that you eat Jesus s real body and drink his real blood...why when it says its for remembrance of me....... i just don't understand why he would want us to eat him please explain this bible verses would help too! thanks and God Bless

yes he did say this is my body but was he talking about at that time? It sounds like he was feeding it to his dic and then saying everybody else can do this in rememberance of me ....bc why cant i take some bread and pray and eat it and then its not the same....man im comfused about this

how can you feel closer to him by eating him and drinking blood?

Answer 1

Read John 6. Jesus is very clear that we MUST eat His Body and drink His blood to be saved. He was so clear on this, He said it three times, and people actually left Him and stopped following Him because they didn't want to do it. If they would have stuck with Him, they would have found out that He makes it possible through Holy Communion.

Answer 2

We do not understand why Jesus did this either but He did.

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.

By the way, the Orthodox, Lutheran and many Anglican Churches also believe in the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.

For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, sections 1322 and following: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt2sect2chpt1art3.htm

With love in Christ.

Answer 3

Though the statement Lord Jesus Christ made may seems to be cannibalistic, there is a spiritual meaning to it.

First, blood is consider fuel that gives life. Without blood, there is no life. Like the energized bunny has the battery, what keeps Lord Jesus going and going or the sole purpose of his life is to serve and to please his Father in heaven out of love and devotion.

Then the body is consider a tool or vehicle. So how did Lord Jesus used his body? He used it to fulfill his Father's divine will, no matter how dangerous it would be.

So, if a person drinks Lord Jesus' blood which the wine is symbolize for and eating his body, the bread, it means that that person has accepted the instructions or covenant of Lord Jesus which is serving and pleasing God out of love and devotion as the sole purpose of his life and using his body to fulfill the divine will of God, no matter what, just as Lord Jesus did. Thus church ritual is very sacred.

Answer 4

Catholics are only to receive Communion in a Catholic church - we believe in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, and because many other churches don't believe that, it isn't appropriate to take communion in those churches. It also isn't appropriate for Catholics to receive in churches other than a Catholic church that believe in the Real Presence because the power to change the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ resides with a priest, and because the priesthood obviously can't be valid outside of the Church(Jesus instituted one Church, and because Catholics believe the Catholic Church is that, the true priesthood won't be found outside it) so while they might believe in it, to the Catholic it still isn't true. And the official stance is that salvation can only be found in the Church, but outside of the Church(read: Protestants and everyone else) salvation can be found if they believe what they believe out of ignorance of the truth, and the ignorance is not their own fault. So if you're a Protestant, you are probably going to be alright because you are ignorant of the truth of the Catholic Church, but if you go from Catholic to Protestant, that gets a bit more iffy. However, we never know for sure who makes it into Heaven or not, so we can merely hope and pray. And, you may notice, if you find out about the Church and still don't do anything about it, you are likely to be in trouble later on because you aren't acting out of ignorance anymore.

Answer 5

you are asking about transubstantiation and it is completely based on the bible.
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, 'Take, eat; this is My body.' And He took the cup, and gave thanks and gave it to them, saying, 'Drink ye all of it; for this is My blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” (Matthew 26.26-28.) Note: All the four gospels give the same account, and in Luke 22.19, Jesus said, “This do in remembrance of me.” Also, the apostle Paul wrote to the church at Corinth concerning the Lord's Supper, when he heard they were partaking of it improperly. (1 Corinthians 11.20-34.) In verse 23 it reads: “For I have received from the Lord, that which I also delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus Christ the same night in which He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He brake it and said, 'Take, eat; this is My body which was broken for you. This do in remembrance of Me.”

Correct me if I am missing it, but where does it say this is symbolic or or not really my body? The bible says that Jesus said this IS my body, this IS my blood.
Do this in remembrance of me...nothing there to support the claim that the eucharist is not the body and blood of christ, made so through the miracle of christ. In order to claim it is not the body and blood you have to step away from a literal biblical reading and place human interpetation and insert meaning into the words based on something other then strictly what Jesus and later Paul said...just one more example of how the RCC is more biblically based then fundamental protestantism.

Answer 6

St. Paul explained it pretty well here:

(Paul was empowered by Christ and the church to do exactly what Jesus did, at the Last Supper.)

(For when Jesus Christ becomes present on the altar for us, the one time, once for all, eternal sacrifice of Calvary is truly present there, as well. And when that occurs, we can truly commemorate, along with Jesus himself, all that God did to save us from our sins.)

1Co 11:23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread,
1Co 11:24 And giving thanks, broke and said: Take ye and eat: This is my body, which shall be delivered for you. This do for the commemoration of me.
1Co 11:25 In like manner also the chalice, after he had supped, saying: This chalice is the new testament in my blood. This do ye, as often as you shall drink, for the commemoration of me.

(The Mass does indeed commemorate the saving death of the Lord, and it will continue to do so, until he comes again.)

1Co 11:26 For as often as you shall eat this bread and drink the chalice, you shall shew the death of the Lord, until he come.

(The bread and wine truly becomes the body and blood of Jesus Christ, for if it does not, how could anyone be guilty of NOT discerning the body and blood of the Lord?)

1Co 11:27 Therefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, or drink the chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and of the blood of the Lord.

(Let those who are spiritually prepared and in a state of grace, receive. Let those who are not, abstain, because receiving the body and blood of the Lord unworthily brings only condemnation.)

1Co 11:28 But let a man prove himself: and so let him eat of that bread and drink of the chalice.
1Co 11:29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the body of the Lord.

As to why Jesus would tell us to eat his flesh and drink his blood ... it's simple ... when we receive Jesus, we experience a holy and completely intimate union with God (holy communion) that is impossible to achieve any other way ... and holiness is exactly what we need, if we expect to be suitable for heaven, when our earthly time is at an end.

Non-Catholics seem to be satisfied with a purely spiritual communion, coupled with a symbolic meal, while Catholics enjoy about a quarter of an hour totally united with the risen Jesus ... truly and substantial present ... alive and glorious ... body, blood, soul, and divinity.

The apostles knew this. The whole world knew this. It wasn't until the 15th century Protestant reformers decided to redefine Christianity in their own image, that some people became confused.

And the only reason there's not more written about the Holy Eucharist in scripture, is because Holy Communion has always been at the very center of all Catholic worship, from day one, so nobody really needed to spend a lot of time writing about it.

For much more on this, go here:

http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p2s2c1a3.htm#1322

Answer 7

well, i am catholic, i am not a great one as far as reading the bible, so i can't offer versus. but i can offer my opinion and why i think it is so. yes, we do believe that the eucharist and wine really become the body and blod of christ. it is a way to make christ a part of us, literally. i don't know if that helped. i hope. also, you can go to the university of st. thomas website and look up father pilsner, or just pilsner, type it in the box in the top right hand corner and send him an email. maybe he will help.

Answer 8

Please read John Chapter 6. Jesus tells his followers ten or twelve times that they must eat His flesh and drink His blood. Some followers found this a hard lesson and left. Jesus let them go and only the twelve remained.

There are many other references, in my opinion John chapter 6 is the strongest.

Answer 9

He says that whoever eats His flesh and drinks His Blood will have eternal life, that is why... you get to know the Father

Answer 10

He was sacrificing Himself for OUR sins! imagine, for us, he gave his life for US! US!!! of all beings.... he wanted the tradition of the consecration to go on for life...that is why the priests repeat the same thing that Jesus said.