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Is the Eucharist Truly Jesus' Body and Blood?
Catholic Answers ^ | June 30, 2013 | Tim Staples

Posted on 11/18/2013 3:07:47 PM PST by NYer

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1 posted on 11/18/2013 3:07:47 PM PST by NYer
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To: Tax-chick; GregB; Berlin_Freeper; SumProVita; narses; bboop; SevenofNine; Ronaldus Magnus; tiki; ...
Thus, Jesus words, “It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh is of no avail” refers to the truth that it is only the Spirit that can accomplish the miracle of the Eucharist and it is only the Holy Spirit that can empower us to believe the miracle.

Ping!

2 posted on 11/18/2013 3:08:51 PM PST by NYer ("The wise man is the one who can save his soul. - St. Nimatullah Al-Hardini)
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To: NYer

yes!! it is ACTUAL blood and flesh you are eating!!

you can see it magically transform!

(add to the list of ignorant time-wasting religious conversations that will solve NOTHING but create arguments over nonsense that will never have a real answer- instead of feeding the poor or healing the sick)


3 posted on 11/18/2013 3:10:39 PM PST by Mr. K
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The sad thing is that the Protestants go to the worship, sing, pray, maybe relive the last supper, then they go home.

I feel sad that they don't realize what they are missing- to receive the living God.

4 posted on 11/18/2013 3:15:12 PM PST by BarbM (Portuguese Dog--Kenyan president)
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To: NYer

Yes, Next question!


5 posted on 11/18/2013 3:15:13 PM PST by verga (We used to be the land of the free. Now weÂ’re just the land of the freebie.)
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To: BarbM

I feel sad that they don’t realize what they are missing- to receive the living God.
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We Protestants have a different faith than you Catholics. One cannot simply decide to change his faith.


6 posted on 11/18/2013 3:18:41 PM PST by NCLaw441
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To: BarbM

It is truly ridiculous that you think that. I feel sad that you don’t realize how ignorant that sounded.


7 posted on 11/18/2013 3:20:24 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: NYer

When Jesus said “I am the vine...” does that mean he was green?


8 posted on 11/18/2013 3:21:26 PM PST by NCLaw441
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To: BarbM
"I feel sad that they don't realize what they are missing- to receive the living God."

Those who are among the elect have already received Him once for all time. So, don't be sad...try checking the Book a little more closely. It is we who invite those who feel they must do it over and over to swim the Tiber the other direction...into the light of Jesus, alone. His sacrifice is sufficient to save eternally.

9 posted on 11/18/2013 3:21:37 PM PST by Dutchboy88
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To: Mr. K

I wonder brand of wine they use, Jesus Brand Boxed Wine?, saving the hard stuff for the kids probably.


10 posted on 11/18/2013 3:21:48 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: NYer

Yes.


11 posted on 11/18/2013 3:22:15 PM PST by IbJensen (Liberals are like Slinkies, good for nothing, but you smile as you push them down the stairs.)
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To: NCLaw441

I hope he wasn’t too thorny


12 posted on 11/18/2013 3:22:31 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: NCLaw441

No... Jesus was a lamb, and he was no bah bah bah blacksheep either, but the whitest of lambs...

pass the lambchops, Jesus is for supper


13 posted on 11/18/2013 3:23:24 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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do you believe that baptisms is just symbolic?

Id rather be laughed at and thought as ignorant, and a child of God.

go ahead and call me names, throw stones, spew hate, whatever you must do. I'll stand behind the living Christ.

14 posted on 11/18/2013 3:25:40 PM PST by BarbM (Portuguese Dog--Kenyan president)
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You’re right! That really is the only reason why these threads get posted over and over again. Some would be well advised to consider what God thinks about the one who “sows discord among brethren”. (Proverbs 6:19)


15 posted on 11/18/2013 3:25:53 PM PST by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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To: Dutchboy88

BTTT


16 posted on 11/18/2013 3:26:29 PM PST by yellowdoghunter (Welcome to Obamastan!)
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To: BarbM
The sad thing is that the Protestants go to the worship, sing, pray, maybe relive the last supper, then they go home. I feel sad that they don't realize what they are missing- to receive the living God.

the mindless drones are already proving that it is impossible to have an intelligent conversation with protestants.

17 posted on 11/18/2013 3:26:55 PM PST by verga (We used to be the land of the free. Now weÂ’re just the land of the freebie.)
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To: BarbM

You don’t understand Protestants and what we believe then, because you couldn’t be farther from the truth.


18 posted on 11/18/2013 3:26:58 PM PST by Lucky9teen (No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it. ~ Albert Einstein)
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To: BarbM

You were the one calling names and spewing crap. Which I called ignorant.


19 posted on 11/18/2013 3:27:46 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: BarbM

Just an FYI - I think we agree on more than you realize:

Protestant Christians observe Communion because the Lord told us to. We are to obey His commands:
And when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 1 Corinthians 11:24 (NIV)

In observing Communion we are remembering Christ and all that He has done for us in his life, death and resurrection:
And when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 1 Corinthians 11:24 (NIV)

When observing Communion we take time to examine ourselves:
A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. 1 Corinthians 11:28 (NIV)

In observing Communion we are proclaiming His death until He comes. It is, then, a statement of faith:
For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. 1 Corinthians 11:26 (NIV)

When we observe Communion we show our participation in the body of Christ. His life becomes our life and we become members of each other:
Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf. 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 (NIV)

Three main Christian views regarding the bread and the wine during the practice of Communion:

The bread and the wine become the actual body and blood of Christ. The Catholic term for this is Transubstantiation.
The bread and the wine are unchanged elements, but Christ’s presence by faith is made spiritually real in and through them.
The bread and the wine are unchanged elements, used as symbols, representing Christ’s body and blood, in remembrance of his enduring sacrifice.


20 posted on 11/18/2013 3:33:28 PM PST by Lucky9teen (No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it. ~ Albert Einstein)
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