Thank you for a very thoughtful answer. Your posting of John 3:16 is what I base what I believe God is telling us.
We must believe we are a sinner and realize the only way we can have salvation is to believe His Son died in our place. They are the only things we need to confess and ask forgiveness to receive God's free gift.
Most of what the Catholic Church teaches takes away from that simple truth. Whether Jesus is present in the Eucharist is one of those things. It has no bearing on our salvation or how we live our life so why make it such a big deal?
I remember and thank Jesus for what He did for me each time I eat/break bread and drink. It was never supposed to be something you had to have another give you.
The Spirit of Christ comes to us when we are baptized by the Spirit. There is no need or use for water baptism. Jesus' Blood is the only thing God allowed to wash away our sins. Jesus did it once for all.
That same baptism allows us to be born again into God's Family where the same Spirit will help us learn His will and purpose for our life. BVB
The Church holds that simple truth as the basis for everything she believes.
That we are sinners, that sin separated us from life with God and that Jesus died for those sins and because He did, we can share in heaven with Him.
Nothing the Church teaches takes away from that truth.
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