**Was Jesus lying when he said that if we eat his body and drink his blood, he will raise us up to eternal life?**
That is switching the subject a bit, but is one ‘mass’ enough for eternal life? If not, how many are needed? Some of the most dedicated ‘mass’ partakers, that I know personally, are totally dedicated democrats; liberals to the max.
Cogent thing to ask! But of course int he religion of catholiciism the life comes and goes int eh Mass participants. The god life in catholiciism is sort of like a yoyo, it is in them then it isn’t then it is, then it isn’t, so the institution is vital to re-up the god of catholiciiism into the adherents. Pretty crafty, that, making the institution and the leaders of same essential to the final ends of the adherents. Of course, that is opposite what God established when Jesus started His Chruch of believers. He didn’t establish and institution, He began building His Body, His Bride to be.
The sacraments are not magic, or medical treatments. They are encounters with God, and channels through which God desires to give grace.
As such, people can reject the grace that is being offered, even if they outwardly go through the motions.
Going to Communion does Nancy Pelosi no good, since she promotes mass murder and other evils. Each time she receives Communion, she commits another crime against Jesus Christ.