The Eucharist is the center and substance of all that Christ taught and his apostles followed. Deny the real Presence of the Christ in the Eucharist, and all faith in anything and everything else is theater. This goes for the followers of Jeremiah Wright or any other.
Dude, relax- I’m on your side. I’ve been a eucharistic minister since I was 16. I was just trying to point out the tendency of some of these threads to get “hijacked” by those with an anti- Catholic animus.
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Many people return to the Church because they miss the Eucharist. I know of some stories.
The bread and wine are symbolic of His flesh and blood. There isn't any biblical support for any other interpretation.
23For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread,
24and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.”
25In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
26For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
27So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.