[Rashputin]

"This saying is hard, and who can hear it?" is the real bottom line for folks who rely on their Self and Self Alone to interpret Scripture whether they murmur and walk away or wave their hands, mock those who accept His Word at face value, then insist that Jesus Christ, The Word Incarnate, could not possibly mean exactly what He said.

Someone rejecting Christ because "This is my body" is a hard saying is nothing new.

[HossB86]

"This saying is hard, and who can hear it?" is the real bottom line for folks who rely on their Self and Self Alone to interpret Scripture whether they murmur and walk away or wave their hands, mock those who accept His Word at face value, then insist that Jesus Christ, The Word Incarnate, could not possibly mean exactly what He said.

Odd... still that uncomfy position regarding worshipping the same god as the Muslims. There is no "self and self alone" -- another useless Catholic Cult Canard (hey.. kinda like the CCC... I like it!).

Christ spoke allegorically. Otherwise, he is a gate, a door, a vine, a cornerstone... at least according to Roman Catholicism.

Which "Holy Tradition" recounts which parts of Christ that were eaten at the Last Supper by the Disciples? He spoke literally, right? How much blood was drained from Christ and consumed by the Disciples?

That's the sort of pap you get from Rome and Rome Alone that look to fallible men of the Magicsterium for interpretation of scripture instead of relying on the Holy Spirit and prayer.

And common sense.

Hoss

[Elsie]

Someone rejecting Christ because "This is my body" is a hard saying is nothing new.

Someone rejecting Christ because "This is my body" is a metaphor for the symbolizism in the Passover is nothing new.