[terycarl]

And yet Catholics expect us to believe that Jesus and His disciples participated in the eucharist, the sacrifice of Christ on the cross before Jesus even went to the cross. That they participated in a sacrifice that had not yet happened. Go figure. The disconnect is astounding.

Well, they were all there, physically at the last supper , sitting around a physical table...there was bread and wine there...and JESUS PROCLAIMED ...TAKE AND EAT OF THIS....THIS IS MY BODY.... what the heck more do you want Him to do?????...you were Catholic educated and are trying your very best to justify your very questionable decision to leave Christ's church....you cannot POSSIBLY deny the truth.....can't be dome.

[boatbums]

Well, they were all there, physically at the last supper , sitting around a physical table...there was bread and wine there...and JESUS PROCLAIMED ...TAKE AND EAT OF THIS....THIS IS MY BODY.... what the heck more do you want Him to do?????...you were Catholic educated and are trying your very best to justify your very questionable decision to leave Christ's church....you cannot POSSIBLY deny the truth.....can't be dome.

Well, yes they WERE all there physically in that room with the pre-crucified, pre-resurrected, pre-glorified Jesus Christ. That's why when he held up the bread and broke it he said it represented (because they saw he was holding real bread and not a hunk of his flesh) his body which WOULD BE broken for them the very next day. The same with the cup of wine representing his precious blood WHICH WOULD BE shed for them and all the world as payment for sin that very next day.

They understood perfectly what he was teaching them and is why this same reenactment is done in Christian churches throughout the world as a REMEMBRANCE of Him - as he said it should be. Nobody even thought about philosophical arguments concerning substance and accidents and transubstance until many centuries later. If it was good enough for the Apostles back then, it should be good enough for us today. Why deny that???

[Elsie]

...what the heck more do you want Him to do?????...

Try...

...believe on the one He has sent.

[Elsie]

?????...you were Catholic educated and are trying your very best to justify your very questionable decision to leave Christ's church...

...you are Catholic indoctrinated and are trying your very best to justify your clinging stubbornly to 'doctrines' that have no value Scripturally.