**Final and ongoing sacrifice. Isn’t that an inherent contradiction?**
The Mass and the Eucharisit are a MEMORIAL of the Last Supper.
Does your Bible have the words “Do this in memory of me.”??
It is not a re-sacrifice, it is a memorial of that sacrifice.
Again — Christ said, “Do this in memory of me.”
“**Final and ongoing sacrifice. Isn’t that an inherent contradiction?**
The Mass and the Eucharisit are a MEMORIAL of the Last Supper.
Does your Bible have the words “Do this in memory of me.”??
It is not a re-sacrifice, it is a memorial of that sacrifice.
Again — Christ said, “Do this in memory of me.””
The Roman Church disagrees:
As a sacrifice
“the holy sacrifice of the Eucharist,” (CCC, 1055) and “the Eucharist is also a sacrifice,” (CCC, 1365).
As a divine sacrifice
“For it is in the liturgy, especially in the divine sacrifice of the Eucharist, that “the work of our redemption is accomplished,” (CCC, 1068).
As a representation of the sacrifice of Christ
“The Eucharist is thus a sacrifice because it re-presents (makes present) the sacrifice of the cross,” (CCC, 1366).
Is ‘one single sacrifice’ with Christ’s sacrifice
“The sacrifice of Christ and the sacrifice of the Eucharist are one single sacrifice,” (CCC, 1367).
It is the same sacrifice of Christ
“And since in this divine sacrifice which is celebrated in the Mass, the same Christ who offered himself once in a bloody manner on the altar of the cross is contained and is offered in an unbloody manner,” (CCC, 1367).
It is propitiatory (removes the wrath of God)
“...this sacrifice is truly propitiatory,” (CCC, 1367).
To all who deny its propitiatory nature Trent pronounces anathema
“If any one saith, that the sacrifice of the mass is only a sacrifice of praise and of thanksgiving; or, that it is a bare commemoration of the sacrifice consummated on the cross, but not a propitiatory sacrifice; or, that it profits him only who receives; and that it ought not to be offered for the living and the dead for sins, pains, satisfactions, and other necessities; let him be anathema.” (Trent: On the Sacrifice of the Mass: Canon 3);
It is called the sacrifice of Christ which is offered via the priest’s hands
“The sacrifice of Christ the only Mediator, which in the Eucharist is offered through the priests’ hands,” (CCC, 1369).
It is capable of making reparation of sins
“As sacrifice, the Eucharist is also offered in reparation for the sins of the living and the dead,” (CCC, 1414).
It is to be considered a true and proper sacrifice
“The Church intends the Mass to be regarded as a ‘true and proper sacrifice’”, (The Catholic Encyclopedia, topic: “Sacrifice of the Mass”).
Of course, it most certainly IS something to be done “in remembrance of Me” and isn’t actually involved in forgiveness of sins or salvation and most certainly is not an actual sacrifice. It’s just that the Catholics do not hold the same position as what the scripture says.
Also the unbloody MEMORIAL of the Sacrifice of the Cross. I forgot that part.