[OLD REGGIE]

I was raised Episcopalian and am now becoming Catholic, but I can say that, whatever name is used and however the process is described, I have always believed that Jesus Christ makes himself present to us in the Eucharist in a way that we cannot understand.

Your concept is one I believe could be accepted by all, well nearly all, Christians. If that is all which is demanded the understanding of Eucharist would not likely be a cause of dispute between Christians.

I have never understood why this is an issue between Christians, and I hope that someday it will cease to be such.

Only if all non-Catholics accept the Catholic teaching without exception. Can you forsee this happening?

[walden]

It is one thing to theorize about the Eucharist, and another thing to celebrate it. In the Episcopal church in which I was raised, we celebrated it once a month (”low” Episcopal). In the one to which I returned in my forties, we celebrated it weekly (”high” Episcopal), and also had lay ministers who took it to the elderly and ill. In the Catholic church, of course, I can attend daily celebrations.

But, I am not at all familiar with the practices of other Protestant denominations. Can you enlighten me?