What Happens When You Eat the Body of Christ? (Aquinas 101)

[@emilyl6746]

Thank you to everyone who prayed for me as I entered the Church today! I was nervous, emotional, and overwhelmed by the mercy I received through the Sacraments today. I wish I had done this sooner but finally I'm home ❤❤

[@annasabbalight]

Congrats Emily! Welcome home ❤️🙏❤️

[@mschmidt1645]

So happy for you, 😊✝️

[@cristinaplanzo324]

Happy for you! Jesus says: WELCOME! 💙🌸🌟🦋🙏

[@1234swingit]

welcome home, where the truth is

[@bolivarplaza8263]

Hello, Emily. So glad you're here now. I hadn't been to this channel for a while, so there was no way I could have been aware that you were about to enter the Church. I live in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Back in 1997, I assisted at Mass in West Palm Beach, FL. Several adults, both men and women, were received into the Church at that liturgy. At end, the Bishop addressed a few words to them as a welcome home and closed with this remark: "Now you're Catholic. Don't let then call you converts!" Very appropiate. That you are a convert is no doubt part of your history. But your reality from now on is that you are one of us, a Catholic. I would entreat you to look into the consecration of oneself to the Blessed Virgin, our Mother, as a slave of love, according French XVIII century Saint Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort (that's his full name; he is commonly referred to in English as St. Louis de Monfort) I will keep you in my prayers and beg you to do likewise for me.

[@emilyl6746]

I'm a Candidate in RCIA and will be making my first communion on Divine Mercy Sunday. Pray for me!

[@AJWRAJWR]

Welcome

[@FaTima-gp8ex]

Praying that you grow in your faith and love of Christ and become His instrument to give His Good News to many. 🙏✝

[@thejoeman4921]

You won't regret it!

[@sarahconnor8189]

Good luck with this catholic false doctrine.

[@4372408]

Congrats, Emily.

[@dankmatter3068]

The more I learn about Jesus, the more I love Him.

[@taratata4723]

the Eucharist gives me immediate peace for a few minutes and delivers me from too many thoughts each time, acting like an anxiolytics. Very surprising... Of course, I wasn't looking for that effect but I received Eucharist for the first time almost 2 weeks ago and each time, it was so much relieving and so much love inside me.

[@myrtlesolomon8301]

The more we receive the Eucharist daily we are changed in our inward self our soul & outward self by sgaring love to others . Makes us purer holier by the days.

[@johanneabelsen1644]

I even thought this, BEFORE I became a Catholic. But now, I know WHY, i always held "going to the altar", as Protestants call it here in Denmark, in such very, very high, sacred esteem. It was the Catholic inside me, wanting to come out and blossom!

[@dannny_macdee1015]

[Unlike other foods we eat, this food doesn't become part of us, but rather we become part of Him Whom the food is] It just doesn't get more powerful or intimate than THIS! OH, my Jesus! Thou makest me love Thee more and more 💖

[@okj9060]

Thank you for these Eucharist videos! My first communion is the day before Easter so please keep them coming!

[@eduardotaira8773]

They have a lot of other videos about the Eucharist. You will never be the same after receiving the Body of Christ, for His Body is truly food. Domine, non sum dignus ut intres sub tectum meum, sed tantum dic verbo, et sanabitur anima mea.

[@anthonyw2931]

Hallelujah!!!

[@PaulGDextraze]

to: @okj9060 Welcome to the Kingdom of God in Christ! Heaven's angels are rejoicing for you.

[@mtg5004]

Welcome! If you are also being baptized it might interest you that many Catholics celebrate their baptismal date as a second birthday - cake and presents included.

[@rubemartur8239]

Always ask the Blessed Virgin to prepare your heart's rooms for Our Lord, ask her how to love and adore her Son Jesus, never forget to say that you Love and owes Him. Do monthly confessions, if you see you need to confess more frequently, do it. Do an digital or a written diary for daily reflections, for the rememberance of sins you have commited. This will remembers you to ask Jesus to help you with some struggles, also to remember to confess any mortal sin if you had commited, write the subject, the aggravating and number of times (if you dont remember how much times, you can guess the number and say "it was many times/few times", dont need to be exact, but dont struggle to think much about it)

[@bernicecanty721]

Yes. Jesus didn't mince his words about eating his flesh and drinking his blood. Many walked away from him when he made this statement as they couldn't come to the notion of eating Him. Jesus didn't then say, "hang on a minute, what I really meant was..." Now it all makes sense.

[@cjones3710]

Here ye hear ye. Hear this all folks. Traditional Catholics got it right. We got wrong when we were children, really not right at all

[@Kitiwake]

​@@cjones3710 are traditional Catholics superior to normal Catholics?

[@anthonyeaton5153]

Sounds very gruesome to me not to mention being plain stupid.

[@andrewharmon2157]

The first food of every human being is the body of his mother which he receives in her breast milk. We have received our mother's body as physical food, and we receive the body of Christ as spiritual food. How intimate Christ wants to be with us that He would nourish us with Himself!

[@joedavid82]

Thank you thank you! Thats always how I thought about it!!

[@rubemartur8239]

The body of Christ is spiritual and literal food, it changed in essence (its not bread anymore), despite the accidents (what we see, taste and sense) remained. But just like the monk have said, it's not to change the food for our body, but the Christ changes us.

[@georgegiannis4337]

Thank you for that. I always wondered why we have to "eat" Him. This is starting to make a lot more sense to me.🙏🙏🙏

[@MagdalenaIsaiah431]

So glad KZbin s.uggested this video for me! I'm a Convert to Catholicism from Protestant and I've not been able as yet to grasp what's really going on when I receive the Physical Body of Christ in the Eucharist and have had question marks in my head though I try to receive as reverently as possible.✝️ I have for example had this wonderful experience of feeling almost suspended in a "timeless" place where I need nothing but am just content to remain there when I'm doing Eucharistic *Adoration* 💠 Rosary Prayer daily takes me into a realm where I easily experience the Fruit of the Spirit - Love,Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, etc❤️ And I have even felt like I've literally been "washed" coming out of Confession on one occasion. But I never noticed any change or anything striking when I receive the physical Eucharist. I've wondered if I was doing something wrong there, since the other things produce actual discernible sensations that are felt even physically? This will be a great teaching to meditate on. Thank you so much for sharing the knowledge. Ave Christus Rex 👑 👑 👑 ✝️✝️✝️❤❤❤

[@AnampiuMarangu]

Earthly food and spiritual food: 1 corinthians 3:1

[@awdat]

*_Luk 6.19 The entire crowd was trying to touch Him, because power was coming from Him and healing them all._*

[@selmasel6584]

He is full of LOVE

[@Wolffur]

The very source of good Himself!

[@matthewoburke7202]

If protestants knew what the eucharist was, I find it impossible to think they would not drop everything and come into the Church to receive it. Who wouldn't want this?

[@annrobinson7766]

These people were mentioned in the Gospel of John. The ones who walked away

[@ChocotheCat1]

Protestants or non-catholics unfortunately cannot receive communion, because that they are not part of the church. St. Paul teaches that it may harm the soul who receives it in an unsuitable or unworthy way (in a state of mortal sin). The Eucharist is a great gift of Christ to his Church. Protestants or non-catholics believe differently than us, and so sadly we are not able to share Communion. “Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord.” - 1 Corinthians 11:27

[@magorzatasanchez736]

Why critique our Protestant brothers and sisters if our fellow Catholic brethren don’t take the Holy Eucharist seriously?

[@Wolffur]

As a former protestant myself, I couldn't agree more. Through The Church, I learned who God, Jesus , and the Holy Spirit truly are, and I can't help but love Them.

[@juliehillebrand3920]

They just need to open their eyes and hearts. Be open to this beautiful miracle. It is not something to understand as in the Mind of humans: Mankind. It is something to accept miraculously and beautifully. Accept the love of Christ as is. And be grateful and thankful and happy.

[@rschiwal]

A common mistake when people realize Jesus' blood type is AB+ (Yes, we do know that because of eucharistic miracles) is that they say AB+ is the universal donor. That is the opposite of the truth. AB+ is the universal RECIPIENT. When we receive the body and blood of Christ, he receives us.

[@CJMEP]

Not quite. AB+ plasma IS the universal donor. And from the cross Christ shed blood AND water (ie. plasma). He therefore is the Universal recipient AND donor at the same time.

[@Bruno69847]

@@CJMEP The universal donor is O -

[@MutohMech]

​@@Bruno69847 the universal donor of red cells is O-, but the universal donor of blood plasma is AB+. Different things being donated here 😊

[@ggg14344]

Well, that is the mystery of our faith....

[@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk]

Thank you. This is very interesting. I knew only Type AB.

[@patriciamckenna6099]

My Lord and Saviour i truly love you. Please forgive me for i am a sinner, In Jesus name i pray. Amen 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@waltera.archivido8775]

Thank you so much for creating this channel for educating the world about the Catholic faith. For sure your channel will help a lot also in educating the younger generation of this present time and the future. God bless your channel! ❤

[@tiborormai4352]

Thanks for Fr. Dominic's clear explanation of the sacrament. I appreciate for the upload, plus I was also curious about Saint Thomas Aquinas' teaching about the eucharist. He is one of my favourite saints! I like to be catholic, and fortunately today is a Mary feast too. :) God bless Fr. Dominik and the makers of this video too! Please make further videos, if it's possible. Thanks again!

[@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk]

There is a whole series you can sign up for, Aquinas 101.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

This is true. Thank you my lovely Jesus. I adore You! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@sueadauctus3306]

Cant get enough of bread of angels, but my church so far away. Thank you Father.

[@richardbeucler6425]

This is so true!It’s really hard to convince someone that hasn’t experienced it.

[@maxjurish2589]

Wow, I knew that the Eucharist is the body of Christ but this is even a lot more enlightening....wow!

[@rickdaddario190]

THANK YOU SO MUCH - for this wonderful and extremely educational information about the Holy Eucharist! God bless all of us. Amen

[@VanillaBean15]

@4:39 ooooooooh so that's why devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary is so important!!!! She teaches us how to be worthy recepients of the body of Christ!!!!!!! WOah :D Salve Regina!!! Take me to Christ please :'D :')

[@winstonbarquez9538]

We become what we eat!

[@PaulGDextraze]

What we eat becomes us; the opposite is true with the Eucharist. 🙂

[@dineosibiya2123]

It felt different today when l received it..thank you.

[@rmp7400]

What happens COMPLETELY depends upon whether the one who is consumed by Him is in a State of Grace - or not....🙏🏼✨👑

[@kathykathrynm9375]

God bless you, Father. I must have Holy Communion more often. He gives us everything!

[@kath976]

I was thinking the same thing! Why am I not attending Mass every day? I needed to hear this.

[@Catholicity-uw2yb]

POPE BENEDICT XVI: “Worship itself, Eucharistic communion, includes the reality both of being loved and of loving others in turn. A Eucharist which does not pass over into the concrete practice of love [of others] is intrinsically fragmented.” ST. POPE JOHN PAUL II: “It is important to be ever mindful that communion with Christ is deeply tied to communion with our brothers and sisters. The Sunday Eucharistic gathering is an experience of brotherhood. The sign of peace is a particularly expressive gesture which the faithful are invited to make as a manifestation of the commitment to mutual love which is made in sharing the one bread.”

[@eymerichinquisitore9022]

After having written so much about God, Thomas understood the only thing that was really important: silence.

[@rmp7400]

Not necessarily. (Many a soul remains deaf and cold to the Revelations offered by Almighty God even through Silence.) St Thomas's silence was his shocked and humbled reaction to a most miraculous and very personal manifestation by the Suffering, Agonizing, Servant, Christ Jesus to the dedicated & brilliant author, Thomas..... Thomas had an experience powerfully akin to (although, completely different from) the personal revelation by Christ to St Augustine: to whom He appeared as the Holy Child gently rebuking Augustine's imaginings that he could understand the Blessed Trinity with his fallible, mortal, brain! Both Augustine...and Thomas... Personally, tangibly, surprisingly and overwhelmingly experienced how Almighty God is more...much more...than all that they could possibly begin to describe, discuss - or imagine. 🙏🏻❤️‍🔥👑👑👑

[@Donna-cc1kt]

it’s all awe and tears flow.

[@blueangelaxinto2008]

Thank You Lord Jesus...Amen🙏🙏🙏❤️

[@Philosophy.and.Tostitos]

I've been wondering about the effects of Holy Communion lately and this is just the thing I needed. Thank you!

[@raymondstarnes7084]

Overwhelming closeness ! Amen 🙏

[@ertty1]

AMEN. thank you Jesus.

[@kennethprather9633]

That is true. When you receive the Body (Holy Spirit) and the Blood (Light of God) we are changed by it. Thank God that the Holy Spirit is of the Father and Jesus, which is what Jesus is. The Father and Jesus are one. Stay in the Light. Receive Eucharist often. You can even do it at home. God Bless.

[@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk]

What sort of theology is this? Are you a Buddhist?

[@Andrew-pm5bg]

How wonderful your explanation is! Where were you during my religion classes, in the 1960's and 1970s, in parochial school? I hope that they're doing a better job of teaching the faith than they did then. Thank you so much!

[@Wolffur]

We should have been taught Thomistic thought and philosophy since day one. I've promised God and myself that, should a child ever be placed in my stewardship, that I would properly caticize them, in addition to caring for them properly.

[@rockynot1023]

Very informative video, I loved it! God bless you.

[@willyh.r.1216]

Everyone has the full authority to bless any healthy food to become a holy food, to keep you healthy and awake. AMEN.

[@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk]

If I could, I would bless chocolate 😊

[@theDUKE25-yt]

wow… just….. wow. Utterly amazing

[@andrewferg8737]

Hi Father. Please do a video on the "principal fruit of the most holy Eucharist" per the anathema mentioned in the Council of Trent (session 13, ch. 2, canon 5). This passage seems to trouble many protestants for some reason.

[@Win5ton67]

Great video! Thank you all very much and God bless.

[@Nuns_Fret_Not]

This is so Beautiful! 🥲🥲🥲🙏

[@chivadecorazon7922]

Thank you . God Bless you .

[@igorlopes7589]

Please make a video saying what is the Res Tantum, Res et Sacramentum and Sacramentum Tantum of the other sacraments please

[@TCM1231]

God Bless ❤

[@gospeltreecreations]

Very inspiring

[@jennypucci7118]

Beautiful

[@joedavid82]

Andrew Harmon thank you! That’s always how I thought about it!!

[@Renagadewarroir8]

So in essence the old phrase you are what you eat applies here?

[@lilamaria4872]

A beautiful prayer of St Thomas Aquinas: Almighty, everlasting God, lo, I draw near the Sacrament of Your Only-begotten Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ. As sick as I approach to the Physician of Life; unclean to the Fountain of Mercy; blind, to the Light of eternal Brightness; poor and needy, to the Lord of heaven and earth. I implore You therefore, out of the abundance of your boundless mercy, that you would enlighten my blindness; that i may receive the Bread of Angels, the King of Kings, the Lord of lords, with such reverence and humility such contrition and devotion such purity and faith, such purpose and intention, as in expedient for the health of my soul. Grant i beseech You, that i may receive not only the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of the Lord, but also the whole grace and virtue of that Sacrament . O most merciful God, grant me so to receive the Body of Your Only-begotten Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, which he took of the Virgin Mary that i may be found worthy to be incorporated into His Mystical Body, and accounted among His members. Most loving Father, i am now about to receive Your Son veiled in the mystery of His Sacrament. Grant that the day will come when I will see Him face to face. He lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit forever, one God, world without end. AMEN! God bless you Fr Andrew. 🙏🙏🙏

[@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful prayer.

[@421sap]

In Jesus' Name Amen ✝️

[@dongrainer6405]

I have a question about Jesus saying that "unless you eat of my body and drink of my blood you will not have life in you, but if you do I will raise you up on the last day." Does this mean that anyone who does not receive Eucharist will not be raised up? Or only if you truly believe that the bread and wine are truly his body and blood? If you think of it a a symbol or a reminder of something will you be raised up?

[@gregorybrown4664]

These are excellent questions. Short answer is "yes". Indeed Christ speaks quite clearly. The Church has interpreted this as Holy Communion is necessary (as is Baptism) for salvation. All Catholics, in fact, are required to receive the Eucharist at least once per year during a particular period (Easter duty). All Catholics are also required to believe (at least assent whether they feel it inside or not) all formal, official Church teachings. This includes: (a) the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist--not a symbol and (b) that the ordinary means of salvation is by joining the one, true, holy, Catholic, and apostolic Church and dying in a state of grace (free from serious sin). Jesus Himself founded the Catholic Church; God has sustained it all these years despite sinful people within it; I hope and pray that you visit a local Catholic church and begin RCIA so you too can become part of the mystical body of Christ and receive His Body and Blood! May God richly bless and inspire you always!!❤

[@dongrainer6405]

@@gregorybrown4664 Hi. Thanks for your response. I am Catholic, born and raised. But I was curious about that verse in John's bread of life discourse. What was really meant by it. I tried explaining the Real Presence to Mormon Missionaries, but the only response I got from the one who hadn't said much was "That's cannibalism." Like most non-Catholics they see it as only a symbol. Well a symbol doesn't do you much good. If a person came to my door and said he was hungry do I give him something to eat or cut out a picture of bread from the local grocery ad?

[@christinemcguiness9356]

Corpus Christie 🙏

[@Raphael-bv6mb]

If the eucharist changes the body, why does the body need the eucharist again (each day or week)? And if taking it multiple times is indeed required, then why not receive the eucharist multiple times a day?

[@ambbarofficial]

All of the above, provided you are in state of grace. Otherwise, no salvation.

[@matthewoburke7202]

Absolutely!

[@carlykamps411]

So basically make yourself perfect in your own strength and THEN God will help you. No, that’s not the gospel.

[@claymoreth]

That's the rules!

[@kennethprather9633]

You become saved per John 6 : 63 and Peters comment.

[@aaronargottelopez3488]

Thanks!

[@stevenxiaofenghuang]

I hope I can get answers for some question. I know I am splitting hair, but I just really want honest answers. This is the question. The Eucharist is the whole Christ, body and soul, human and divinity. Right? But It is Christ in which stage? Before the cross? Or After the cross? For Christ before the cross has a mortal body. If His body was immortal, He couldn’t die on the cross, and therefore won’t achieved the sacrifice/ atonement for our sins. If we partake of that mortal body, well then we received a mortal body, that could die to sin, how is it then that we receive immortality through a mortal body. On the other hand, if what we partake is the resurrected body of Christ, as St. Paul said It is a glorified immortal body, thus receiving that immortal body we indeed will receive immortality, but the question is Christ died only once, He did not sacrifice his immortal body. After the cross there is no second cross or alike. His immortal body is in heaven. Then how is it in the Eucharist? I really want to have answers.

[@carstenmanz302]

The early church fathers up to Augustine represented an opposing teaching, i.e. a spiritual-symbolic meaning of the Lord's Supper as a communal remembrance of Jesus' suffering and resurrection. Faith practice was a spiritual "real presence" of Jesus during the Lord's Supper, not a materialistic one as was only claimed since around 350 AD (especially since Ambrose) Source: >> Cyprian of Carthage (200-258) Epistulae Letters (BKV) // 63. Letter (!!)

[@lexrock2658]

AMEN!!!!🙏✝️⛪️❤

[@houstonka]

Will receiving eucharist protect us from demons?

[@cathleenmore4656]

I think so Holy Communion and Confession

[@Murphy1968]

The miracle of the Euchrist has been proven 100% by scientists who didn't know what they were researching. Its was shown to be from the heart of man who was suffering an intense beating. See Father Alar's video on this amazing story of 4 independent scientists findings. Eucharistic Miracles. Praise Our Lord Jesus Christ.

[@GravInducedSleepTrac]

WE SHOULD DO OUR VERY BEST TO RECEIVE THE HOLY EUCHARIST WITH DEEP REVERENCE KNEELING & ON THE TONGUE. UNCONSECRATED HANDS SHOULD NOT BE TOUCHING OUR LORD JESUS, HE IS GOD. WE SHOULD ALSO BE WITHOUT MORTAL SIN. GO TO CONFESSION BEFORE RECEIVING OUR LORD JESUS. 🙏🙏🙏

[@danielyoung5137]

Thank you, Gavin. This is to be encouraged as much as possible. This is the core of our union in Christ.

[@justtin6798]

Your suggestion to go to confession every time you receive the Body of Christ only proves that you come from a place where the Holy Mass is celebrated rarely (that you do not even know the parts of the Mass). Coming from a place where we celebrate the Holy Mass 3x DAILY (7x on Sundays) and those who hear increases day by day (postplandemic), can you imagine people lining up for confession before Mass to limited number of priests in the parish? The Catholic Church teaches rationality. While your new brand of Catholicism coming from a highly-secular society (you're American, right?) teaches irrationalty. Sorry. But what I am about to say to you is worthy of Penance on my part. @gravinducedsleeptrac Ka-ignorante ba sad nimo!

[@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk]

Well, I’ve been receiving in the hand since the Pandemic, standing up, oftentimes from a Eucharistic minister. I don’t believe my relationship with Jesus has been adversely affected at all. It’s the disposition of the heart and not the position of the body that God looks at. “Men judge by appearances, but God sees the heart.” I find it interesting that you feel the need to type in all caps. This is usually considered the equivalent of shouting. Please continue to enjoy your personal, reverent relationship with Jesus, and don’t worry so much about what other people are doing. It will not benefit you to be angry about somebody else’s body posture when you are receiving Our Lord, even if you are kneeling and receiving on the tongue. Judgmental thoughts and prideful thoughts can impede God’s Grace.

[@philippbosnjak4183]

I fight with scrupulosity.

[@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk]

There is a book by Trent Beattie called Scruples and Sainthood: Overcoming Scrupulosity with the help of the Saints, that I read a couple years ago and found helpful.

[@ma567i]

❤ Amen

[@rugbyrex]

Anyone know what font is used in the video?

[@chommie5350]

To all protestants and doubters..... Biblical proof. The Catholic Church teaches that when we partake of the Eucharist in Holy Communion, we are literally consuming the body and blood of Jesus Christ. A key passage from Scripture that Catholics, and other believers in the Real Presence, have looked to throughout the centuries as biblical support for this teaching is John 6:48-67. There are many reasons Catholics, and other believers in the Real Presence, give as to why we should take Jesus’ words, “eat my flesh, drink my blood,” literally. But perhaps the most persuasive is that both the Jews and his disciples understand him literally, and Jesus doesn’t correct them. In verse 52, the Jews respond, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” In verse 60, his disciples respond, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” You would think that if his audience were mistaken, and given the gravity of this teaching, Jesus would have corrected their literal understanding. To the contrary, he affirms them. In response to the Jews, Jesus reiterates the need to eat his flesh and drink his blood no fewer than six times in six verses. He affirms his disciples’ literal understanding by letting them walk away. Let’s take a look at a common comeback from Protestants when presented with the bread of life discourse. “Jesus meant his words figuratively, as he did in John 10:9, when he spoke of himself as a ‘door,’ and in John 15:5, when he spoke of himself as ‘the vine.’” If Catholics interpret Jesus’ command to eat his flesh and drink his blood literally in John 6, then they have to take him literally in other passages when he says he’s a door (John 10:9) and a vine (John 15:5). Protestant apologist Todd Baker bolsters this argument by highlighting the fact that Jesus’ words in John 6 are part of a series of “I Am” statements in John’s Gospel. Baker argues that this “I Am” statement clues us in to how we’re to understand his words concerning the bread he will give, which he identifies as his “flesh,” and that we must eat it. Like in John 10:9 and John 15:5, we should interpret him figuratively. This comeback fails because the door and vine passages are disanalogous to the bread of life passage. The people in the audience in the door and vine passages don’t interpret Jesus literally, as they do in John 6. No one listening to the door and vine teachings said, “How can this man be a door made out of wood?” or “How can this man claim to be a plant?” Jesus’ audience recognized he was speaking metaphorically. So no further inquiry is needed. This stands in stark contrast to the audience in John 6. Both the Jews and Jesus’ disciples understand Jesus to be speaking literally. So catch a wake up all you doubters and Protestants.... We are consuming the GLORIFIED FLESH OF THE MAN / GOD.... JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF In the desert God gave the Israelites MANNA to eat to sustain themselves... In the New testament.... Jesus gives us His own flesh to sustain us.... That's why He states that without His flesh you have no life in you.

[@jacek130]

And what about blood?

[@lestie1686]

Please check out message from heaven by Rachel lubbe and A lamp in the dark by chist pinto and before the wrath by ingenuity films for the whole truth.

[@thomism1016]

Interesting! Very!! I wonder though what the intermediate effect of BAPTISM is? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk]

We become children of God (born again/new creation). Our sins are forgiven.

[@wierdpocket]

What I’ve never understood is the meaning of the frequency of eating: how much Eucharist should we consume? Do people who eat more Jesus become more holy? Wouldn’t that mean that we should be gorging ourselves on Jesus all the time? And yet in times past, people received the Eucharist much less frequently that we did - sometimes only once a year. Were our ancestors less holy because of frequency of their consumption? Why is it that some daily Mass goers are less holy than those who only go once a week? And if this answer to this is “the faith receiving the Eucharist”, then our frequency of consumption isn’t relevant, and a person need only commune once with true faith.

[@YourHeartIsTheKey]

Very interesting questions. I hope someone attempts to answer.

[@brotherandrew3393]

It is very telling that nobody answered these questions.

[@dinkoZG67]

True faith also requires repetitive acts to strengthen itself or to remain strong. So, the response involving faith appears valid. However, it remains a good question as it is beneficial to approach such matters analytically, regardless of the solutions typically being dialectical.

[@PeterRiello]

Receiving more frequently definitely makes you holier, but the grace you receive from each communion is greatly determined by your disposition. Some people inattentively attend Mass and receive Communion without so much as a passing thought as to Who they are receiving. Some people receive with lots of attachments to sin on their heart, or with venial sins that they refuse to repent of. Others don't spend enough time in prayer after Communion, thanking God for the gift he has given. Thus they receive less grace precisely because they desire less grace. Those in the past who received less often did have fewer opportunities to receive grace from this sacrament, but considering just how poor many people's dispositions are nowadays when they receive Communion, I don't know that the frequent Communion we see today has made as much of a difference as many think. Back then, people prepared for Communion more than people today usually do. The fasting rules were much stricter and there was greater attention given to the Sacrament and a sense of solemnity surrounding it. The Church only allows reception at most twice a day (the second Communion must be received at a Mass which one has attended) because receiving too frequently can cause us to receive without proper preparation or attentiveness, in other words worse dispositions.

[@vivacristorey4363]

Jesus becoming incarnate has an effect on the whole world, and yet some will benefit more than others depending on how he responds to that grace. Likewise, regardless of how often you receive Him in the Eucharist, your benefit from doing so will depend on preparation, thanksgiving, and other factors. The Church teaches that reception of even one Holy Communion is enough to make someone a saint; therefore, us not being saints is our own fault. If someone does not prepare properly or give good thanksgiving, then he should focus on fixing that first before worrying about increasing frequency. This is the same with prayer. It is better - in most cases - to learn to pray properly with the few prayers we are doing before increasing them. The argument can be made that increase of frequency could help us become more prayerful in general. This is true. However, it also brings the risk of treating something sacred as a resented obligation. If we increase doing something good in a bad way it could do more harm than good. It is often the case that those who received the Eucharist very little yet became holy so quickly would have received Him frequently if it were an option to them. It is also good to not compare ourselves to anyone but ourselves. Instead of looking at how holy or unholy others become based on frequency of Communion, we should take the advice of good spiritual books and directors and compare our past selves to our present selves. This way we will see what helps us progress and what does not. I hope that helps. God bless.

[@honghakhuat89]

Mình chúa Giêsu là giá chuộc mà Chúa đã bỏ ra để chuộc lại chúng ta khỏi tội lỗi và cái chết. Máu Chúa Giêsu là máu giao ước giữa Chúa và chúng ta: - chúng ta yêu mến Chúa và giữ lề luật của Người, - Chúa sẽ ở cùng chúng ta và cho chúng ta sống lại.

[@erickim5993]

Scientifically speaking, i would like to test charity as a human behavior and test it out on people who have had the eucharist

[@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk]

Too many variables.

[@JeanMarcelino-qr9ju]

The Question is how The physical body fit to Spiritual body?

[@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk]

I don’t know a lot about the resurrected body, but I know we will receive our same body back In the Resurrection. When our body is restored to us it will have properties that our earthly bodies don’t have, such as the ability to walk through locked doors, or to be instantly in another place. We will also be free of the cravings of the flesh, “concupiscence.” That is probably why St. Paul uses the term “spiritual body.” (1 Cor 15:44)

[@JeanMarcelino-qr9ju]

@@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk thanks for responding and interested of knowing using scriptures not our same body infact not after death Rather now is the Time there are two specific Resssurection mentioned in The Holy Bible first and second?

[@JeanMarcelino-qr9ju]

@@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk The inward or Man is corrupted but The inward Man a believer must be like Christ Jesus even prayers without The Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ One is unworthy if they don't acknowledge them

[@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk]

It is our same body that is resurrected. That is why Jesus has the wounds of His crucifixion, which is what the clever Thomas needed to see as proof that it was really Jesus. There is only one Resurrection. I don’t know why you think there are two?

[@JeanMarcelino-qr9ju]

@@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk two Resssurection is mentioned

[@daviecrocketfromzim6766]

If this is true, why are the people at my parish still as likely to bicker over things as non-Catholics, still think that we don't need to share our wealth (ref. Acts 5) and still prefer to spend their weekend with their apostatized family rather than their Christian family?

[@renee187]

That sounds like a parish that is weak in faith. Pray for strong faith.

[@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk]

Original sin. We are all prone to weaknesses and faults of all kinds. Just observe how people behave in the parking lot after Mass. Since you are so aware, I expect that your behavior is more charitable, that you don't bicker, grumble or complain, but that you do give generously to charity, and never spend the weekend with anyone who disagrees with you.

[@jeradjones9306]

I know ... Key word ; That Jesus is present in The Blessed Sacrament. There was a time before I knew that I was just fighting for faith in the real presence based on second grade catechesis for my first Holy communion. I wonder how many Catholics having yet to receive a Eucharistic miracle might be in the same boat I was in just fighting for faith in the real presence So for that I give this testimony.......I know Jesus is present in The blessed Sacrament and The atomic bomb like Healing Power He has . Pray to the Lord with undivided feelings about Him being present in blessed sacrament or not is my advice to all with ears . That is what I did and I was physically healed of a bad sore in my mouth Instantly. ✝️🕊️

[@el-sig2249]

It seems to me like He changes us even on a physiological level though still imperceptible. This will certainly be so at the resurrection. But maybe some day we'll have a scientific process which will prove the reality. Of course, even so, that'd not be enough for those who choose not to believe.

[@Chancel388]

Where do we get Eucharist?

[@cathleenmore4656]

Catholic Church 🙏 See a Catholic priest

[@Chancel388]

@@cathleenmore4656 don't trust em.

[@frekigeri4317]

@@Chancel388you don’t have to, lol

[@chegadesuade]

I please need an informed Catholic to help me understand this. I have celiac disease, I cannot eat gluten (wheat protein). Therefore I cannot eat the wafer, because despite the Church's insistence that this clearly symbolic wafer actually IS the body of Christ, it would make me sick if I ate it. Are you saying I am allergic to the body of Christ? Please tell me why the Church doesn't allow gluten-free communion wafers, or at least can we drop the idea that it actually becomes the body of Christ? Please consider how insensitive that is to those of us who can't eat it.

[@rhwinner]

Hi, are you a baptized Catholic and do you attend a local parish?

[@joanmorris3505]

The Church does offer celiac free Communion Hosts

[@joanmorris3505]

Meant to say gluten free

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

You can't just drop the truth! Find a church that has gluten free if you can. Mine does. Or learn how to take spiritual Communion. This works for people who can't even go to mass. Its easy.

[@toddpund5761]

They do offer gluten free..

[@ojmmmaa]

Is it right to say that the purpose of the eucharist is to make Christ's flesh and our flesh into one flesh? I mean, is it right to say that by eating Christ's body, the purpose is to transform my body into Christ's body? By that we would participate of the hypostatic union?

[@renee187]

I would say that yes, the purpose is to become one with Christ, to be intimate with Him who is our source of Life. I don't think we participate in the hypostatic union because we are only human, not divine. Only Christ is fully God and fully man.

[@ojmmmaa]

@@renee187 However that’s the purpose of sainthood, to participate in the divinity of Christ. We’re not yet fully participating on the divinity of Christ because we are not yet fully saints.

[@AscoDej]

I have one question on 1coronthians chapter 11 about women covering head, is it applicable in Catholic church, if not why?

[@fantasia55]

This video is about the Eucharist.

[@Wolffur]

Although it is no longer a requirement, many women still wear chapel veils out of tradition, and because it's pretty.

[@kennethharrison9409]

I would rather have a choice to sever my connection to all forms of pain and suffering, without a need for redeption from sin. Because it doesn't matter how sinless you try to be, you suffer and die because of it.

[@62peppe62]

... and with God's grace you resurrect and don't suffer for all eternity.

[@kennethharrison9409]

@@62peppe62 Oh yes, true, but still, sin is unessasarily pointless to have.

[@62peppe62]

@@kennethharrison9409 Of course, causing harm to ourselves with sinn is unnecessary, but we do it all the same because our fallen nature makes us liable to the temptation to sinn, and we don't allways resist to temptations. Sinn is what makes God's grace necessary for us to be saved.

[@kennethharrison9409]

@@62peppe62 I'm talking about never being born into what sin is to begin with. Because even God never explains how anyone would be worse off, if they never existed to have it in the first place. Or how it would hurt, or destroy anyone to never be a part of creation, to need to be saved from what sin really is.

[@62peppe62]

@@kennethharrison9409 Actually , It looks quite clear that existing in a state of eternal happiness , which Is our the finale goal as promised by God, is better than non existing at all.

[@jwm6314]

The majority of Catholics who still believe in the True Presence is ever shrinking. MUST do away with standing and in the hand communion practices. The Church teaches one thing with words, then gives another lesson with actions and practices. The practical lesson of post Vatican II communion practices is one written by protestants who do not share our faith. It must end. Kneeling. On the tongue. Only consecrated hands may touch it. These are actions in accordance with our beliefs and words.

[@franciskm4144]

When we eat the body of Christ we become the part of the body of Christ. Then our sin became the sin of Christ. This is the reason for the death of Christ. Since he resurrected from death we also participated in his resurrection 🎉

[@TruePathLiving]

The orthodox Christians believe the exact same thing about the Eucharist

[@taratata4723]

oh cool. Do you also receive the Eucharist ?

[@nancydavis7007]

However, the Eucharist consists of the bread and the WINE. Are Catholic trying to change the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Last Supper?

[@renee187]

What do you mean? At the last supper Jesus gave the apostles bread and wine. He said, "Do this in memory of me." Luke 22: 19-20

[@nancydavis7007]

@@renee187 Where I live we do not get the wine just the bread.

[@nancydavis7007]

@@renee187 At our Catholic Church, they do not served the wine to the laity because they are afraid of Covid?

[@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk]

Some dioceses suspended the chalice during the pandemic.

[@nancydavis7007]

@@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk I understand however, our dioceses is still suspended.

[@RealAtheology]

This was an interesting video, but I fear it leads to some troubling consequences; if the Eucharist is really as special as this video claims here, then why are so many Catholics unchanged by it? Why does Catholic and Christian witness remain so poor despite the consumption of the Eucharist? As Trent Horn has noted in his _Devil's Advocate_ debate book, there really seems to be a tension here that can be characterized in terms of the meager moral fruits argument.

[@BridgetSpitznagel]

The troubling question should be "why am I so unchanged by it; why do I not permit God to do all that He desires in me". Further, maybe I am the reason that (hypothetically) everyone around me appears to be lukewarm, which should *really* trouble me.

[@RealAtheology]

@@BridgetSpitznagel I'm an Atheist, so I don't receive the Eucharist. However, my comment still applies, given that even the most hardened of hearts can be compelled to change as a result of the sacraments. Why doesn't this happen more often?

[@vanessabernal8339]

Because there are people who are not receiving in a state of grace and there are people receiving who don’t believe in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. I can say this from personal experience. Again, this all has to do with free will, we cannot be in state of mortal sin and expect the Eucharist to transform our life. God takes free will very seriously, He will not assume you want to leave your sinful life behind to follow Him. If you don’t make your petitions known to Him via the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession). Now as a revert I go to confession bi-weekly. I hope this answers your question. Hope you have a blessed day :)

[@BridgetSpitznagel]

@@RealAtheology since I was interested in finding a non-theological answer I asked my oldest child (autism always has a fresh perspective) and he said that the reason more people are not becoming saints is that they do not love God enough. On the face of it this is just a regurgitation of a definition (a saint: someone who loves God very much) and leaves questions unanswered: why would love be the key? If I am a hoarder do I have to love someone to let them into my house to help me clean it? - probably not, but, I do have to *trust* them and so I would add "people do not trust God" enough to let him in farther than the front hall which is already cleaned for company. Yet he is the maid-service who is here for the intervention.

[@AJWRAJWR]

Just remember that before receiving the Eucharist it is necessary to go to confession. The ritual of confessing your sins involves humbling yourself, soul searching, and admitting to all of your flaws. It really is a form of psychotherapy.

[@hirehammer925]

John 6:63 It is the Spirit that quickens, the flesh profits nothing, the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life.

[@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk]

We know all about this verse. In John 6:63, Jesus is referring to “THE flesh,” which in the New Testament always means our fallen human nature with its carnal cravings. Example: They that are in the flesh cannot please God. (see Romans 8). Elsewhere, when Jesus says “Unless you eat My flesh and drink My blood you have no life in you,” He is referring to His own Body, soon to be crucified and resurrected. The difference between the two meanings of flesh is obvious.

[@hirehammer925]

@@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk Sorry but that’s not correct. John 4:24 God is a spirit and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. He is here referring to those that are born again. John 3:5 Those that are not born again are worshipping in the flesh or the carnal minded as mentioned in Romans 8:3-4 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh (prior to being born again)God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh. That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit. Romans 8:9 goes on to say:But ye are not in the flesh but in the spirit if so be that the spirit of God dwell in you (born again). Now if any man have not the spirit of Christ, he is none of his. Notice the contrast between the in the spirit worshiper and the not spiritual or carnal. Galatians 3:2-3 This only would I learn of you, received ye the Spirit by the works of the law or by the hearing of faith? Are you so foolish having begun in the Spirit are ye now made perfect by the flesh? Same contrast between spirit worship vs carnal Which is the point of John 6:63 It is the Spirit that quickens the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you, they are spirit and they are life. In the spirit born again vs carnal not born again.

[@JamesHart-qq7uu]

Eucharist is awesome; no more symbolic “communion” for me

[@Alain60120]

What happens ? I get stomach cramps.

[@cathleenmore4656]

Talk to a Catholic priest to help ease anxiety and get prayers and Holy Communion😇

[@Alain60120]

@@cathleenmore4656 Anxiety ? I just don't believe in these tales and legends from the Middle East.

[@melodybarbour3218]

Nowhere in Scripture does God say we eat the body and blood of Christ. Luke 22:17-20 And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He said, "Take this and share it among yourselves; [18] for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes." [19] And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me." [20] And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten saying, "This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood." Jesus said, "Do this in remembrance of Me." and He also said, referring to the wine, that He would not drink it again until the kingdom of God comes. He was not turning the bread and wine into His body and blood.

[@cathleenmore4656]

So are you saying Holy Communion isnt real???? Read the Lives of the Saints book

[@melodybarbour3218]

@@cathleenmore4656 Communion is real how Jesus instituted it. He is the bread from heaven, He is the Bread of Life. His body was broken for us. His blood was shed on the cross for all sinners who would believe. Jesus said, "Do this in remembrance of Me." Bread and wine is not being turned into the literal body and blood of Christ. Jesus is in heaven seated at the right hand of the Father and He isn't coming back to earth until His second coming. That is what Scripture says.

[@frekigeri4317]

@@melodybarbour3218”do this in remembrance of me” doesn’t make it symbolic, sorry

[@melodybarbour3218]

@@frekigeri4317 Jesus said, "Do this in remembrance of Me." So that does make it symbolic. Do you think Jesus didn't mean what He said? And He goes on to say, And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you; [28] for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins. [29] But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom." Matthew 26:27-29 Jesus said He will not drink of this fruit of the vine. He is of course, referring to wine, not blood. Bread and wine are symbolic of His body and blood, they are not transformed into His body and blood.

[@frekigeri4317]

@@melodybarbour3218 “do this in remembrance of of me” in no way, shape or form makes it symbolic, lol

It ALWAYS sticks to the roof of your mouth, in fact often times I think this is at least partly the reason why they put the humilia right after the comunion, so people just listen to the priest and nothing more since they've got the ostia stuck to the roof of their mouths and are busy unsticking it. 😆

[@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk]

The homily is not after Communion. You aren’t paying attention at Mass, are you?

[@cathleenmore4656]

LOL I have to laugh not to insult the Lord but the fact that I've experienced this as well but I sit there close my eyes and wait for Communion to dissolve and thank the Lord for me being able to receive🙏 Holy Communion

[@empiricaltheory6650]

He says, "Love for God, love for Jesus, and love for each other," but I thought you guys believed that Jesus was God? Christianity is riddled with contradictions.

[@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk]

Usually when we say “God,” we are referring to the First Person of the Blessed Trinity, God the Father. Jesus is the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, who is “God the Son,” but most often we use His Name, Jesus, the Name above all names. Sometimes Jesus will be called by His Aramaic or Hebrew name, usually spelled Yeshua or Y’shua, but because of historical linguistic factors became “Jesus.” Don’t worry, I’m sure Jesus recognizes His Name in every language. The Third Person of the Blessed Trinity is the Holy Spirit. All three Persons of the Blessed Trinity are God. Not three gods, only one. One God, three Persons. This is theology 101, and if you don’t understand the Trinity, that’s okay, because neither does anyone else. It is terminology that has been agreed upon by theologians so they can talk in an intelligent way about God. All Christians believe in the Trinity - one God in three Persons. I hope I didn’t confuse you too much. 😇

[@frederickanderson1860]

Its obvious that the bread and wine represents jesus as the true sacrifice, the high priest always made a animal blood sacrifice, jesus is our true high priest , for the sins of his own people.

[@SiemaElo-z1d]

The Eucharist changed me so much that I became an atheist

[@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk]

It will not improve you to ridicule God.

[@cathleenmore4656]

very sad for you please read : Eucharistic Miracles

[@SiemaElo-z1d]

@@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk I dont wants, i always get funny when Christiana person is so surę about your beliwf and think that jest 100% sure

[@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk]

100% sure.

[@SiemaElo-z1d]

@@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk Sorry for errors i writted this down on phone with my autocorect

[@thomaspaul2287]

Deception...

[@MrCyclist]

Cannibalism is outlawed.

[@EruIluvatar5]

Oh really?

[@francissweeney7318]

Mark 16:15-16: Jesus commanded to teach the gospel. The disobedient catholic church instead taught it's concocted doctrines.

[@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk]

Where did you get the Gospel you teach if not from the Bible the Catholic Church gave you?

[@francissweeney7318]

The catholic church is described by Jesus in chapter 17 of Revelation.

[@frekigeri4317]

@@francissweeney7318the Catholic Church isn’t a city

[@francissweeney7318]

The catholic church is The Vatican which was made a separate territory inside Rome in 1929. It sits on 7 " mountains."

[@frekigeri4317]

@@francissweeney7318 Rome actually sits on seven hills, the Vatican sits on an eighth hill, across the tiber river. Learn what a map is.

[@melodybarbour3218]

Catholics are taught that the Lord Jesus returns to the earth every day to continue His work of redemption on altars around the world. The Catechism teaches the Eucharist contains "the body and blood, together with the soul and divinity, of our Lord Jesus Christ and, therefore, the whole Christ is truly, really, and substantially contained." Catholic priest John O'Brien describes it this way: "When the priest announces the words of consecration, he reaches up into the heavens, brings Christ down from His throne, and places Him upon our altar to be offered up again as the Victim for the sins of man. It is a power greater than that of saints and angels. The priest speaks and Christ, the eternal and omnipotent God, bows his head in humble obedience to the priest's command." According to God's Word, the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist is utterly and completely false and those who worship it are committing the most serious sin of idolatry. The Lord Jesus warned, “If anyone says to you, ‘behold here is the Christ’ do not believe him.” (Mat. 24:23). We know Jesus does not return everyday because God's Word says He “will appear a second time, not to deal with sin” (Heb. 9:28). He will not return until “immediately after the tribulation” (Mat. 24:29-30). And yes, He will return in a body, not a wafer, "the same way as you saw him go into heaven” (Acts 1:11).

[@jcmagnus]

Aquino

[@sorrynotsorry3264]

Who made that bread? Humans? Who made it Holy? Also humans? Yeah paganism at its finest