The Msgr gets this one right!
It is about belief/faith and it has always been about belief/faith going back to Abraham. This is what is echoed throughout the whole Bible.
This completely does away with the roman catholic concept of the Mass being required for salvation.
That’s what happens when you pick one part of the Bible and ignore others—just as Msgr. Pope says.
” ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day’,”
(John 6:53-54)
Jesus repeatedly spoke those words. And he meant them literally, not figuratively, as the Jews who refused Him understood.
As He said at the Last Supper: “This is my Body” and “This is my Blood.”:
That last line of yours doesn’t follow.
“This completely does away with the roman catholic concept of the Mass being required for salvation.”
Archbishop Sheen said that he would absolutely hate the Catholic religion as believed by many Protestants.
Regarding the Mass, it is not “required for salvation” but it IS salvation, the time when we are closest to heaven. It is a prayer and an adoration, not a service. It lifts the veil. I don’t go to Mass because I have to. I go because I want to which is why, throughout the world, there are daily masses attended by millions of people. I have been to numerous Protestant services. I challenge you to go to a Catholic Mass - sit in the back if you must. Just listen and observe. I promise no one will grab you and force you to do anything. Listen to the scripture. The entire Bible is read and reflected on as the annual liturgy progresses. Adoration and Eucharist is something that becomes more and more a part of my life. So just go and sit and listen. Keep on coming.