That's correct - at the Mass we are present at THE sacrifice of the Lamb. Not a repeat. Not an echo.
These 'journey pieces' are all of a kind. They weave a tale that artfully touches on every conceivable Protestant hangup and misconception in an effort at polemic.
But this is true about Christ's sacrifice: it is once and for all.
Let's expound on this, and try to rescue something from this formulaic attack-post.
At the Mass we are at Calvary. We are at the Last Supper. We are in the Garden of the Resurrection. We are not present at a recreation, but at the actual event: once and for all.
God is not bound by Time and Space, and neither are His sacraments. At the Mass we are really and truly at the Last Supper. We are present at His Passion - not an echo, not a repeat performance, but at The Passion.
He bids us eat His Body and drink His Blood. His life, His death and resurrection - the most important events that every were or ever could be - are waiting for us at Mass. Indeed, He is waiting for us, truly present in His Body in every Catholic Church!
This week, step into a Church and pray before the Blessed Sacrament. He is waiting for you - for us! - with such love, such unfathomable mercy.
Every conceivable Protestant hangup and misconception used for polemic is found within the pages of God's written words and we are instructed (as well as all Christians) to use that scriptural polemic to correct and teach...
Why is it Catholics fail so completely in that polemic???
At the Mass we are at Calvary. We are at the Last Supper. We are in the Garden of the Resurrection. We are not present at a recreation, but at the actual event: once and for all.
You're not going to finds any words from God that he left your religion a 'time machine'...Paul and John and Philip were given traveling accommodations by the Spirit but they actually went somewhere...All you have to do is look up at the priest (unbiblical) in the robe (unbiblical) to know that you didn't go anywhere...And Jesus is not traveling around the world being sacrificed for the last 2000 years...
Heb 10:12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
Jesus went to heaven and he sat down...He did not get back up...He sent his Holy Spirit because he was not going to and did not get back up...
God is not bound by Time and Space, and neither are His sacraments. At the Mass we are really and truly at the Last Supper. We are present at His Passion - not an echo, not a repeat performance, but at The Passion.
But you are not present at his Resurrection...That's a little weird, don't you think...There's nothing special about someone hanging on a cross...Arising to heaven after he died (with witnesses) is a big deal...A huge deal...Why not focus on that???
Mat_28:6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
He bids us eat His Body and drink His Blood. His life, His death and resurrection - the most important events that every were or ever could be - are waiting for us at Mass. Indeed, He is waiting for us, truly present in His Body in every Catholic Church!
Jesus is not waiting for anyone at a Mass...Jesus is in heaven...
Do you know where Chrisians are spiritually...The are certainly not sitting in some Catholic Church pretending Jesus is inside some wafer...
Eph_1:20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
Eph_2:6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
Jesus doesn't come to earth to be handed out to saints and sinners alike...Christian saints and only Christian saints are spiritually in heaven...Why aren't you???
And that's the Christian polemic God expects his children to give out to those who are lost...
Nonsense. Christ paid the price once for all and now sits at the right hand of the Father. The offering was once and sufficient for all time not to be continued for all time.