ALL Catholics who are really participating Catholics, believe in the true presence of the Lord in the Eucharist. Evidence of the Mass in the scriptures????the Mass is a repetition and reenactment of the scriptures...there is no Protestant service ANYWHERE that comes close to the scriptural authenticity of the Catholic Mass....NONE!!
Obviously that's what they tell you because you are repeating it...
If Jesus had meant for you to actually eat his flesh and drink his blood, he would have told you to turn bread and wine into his flesh and blood and Jesus would have told you HOW to turn bread and wine into his flesh and blood...
But, he didn't...That's why when you are done, all you have is bread and wine that you pretend is the unbiblical flesh and blood of Jesus...
That's quite a journey going from a piece of bread to actual flesh without being instructed to do such a thing to begin with, and then a failure on Jesus part on telling anyone how to accomplish this feat...Especially without any discernible results when you are done...
Jesus didn't tell anyone to turn bread into flesh...
Jeremiah didn't eat Jesus' flesh but he ate God's words...
Jer 15:16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
And then Ezekiel ate a roll...And it wasn't a jellyroll...Ugh...
Eze 3:1 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.
Eze 3:2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.
Eze 3:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
And why did Ezekiel 'eat the book'???
Eze 3:4 And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.
Ezekiel ate the book so he could remember the words to speak unto them...Imagine that...
And then we have the apostle John...
Rev 10:9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
Rev 10:10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
Rev 10:11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
John as well ate a book...And it was good...Real good...
Here we have more word eating...
Psa 119:101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
Psa 119:102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
Psa 119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Do we see a pattern here???
Why aren't you guys eating books and scrolls and words???