Do you really believe that the Holy
Eucharist is the Body of Jesus Christ really and truly?
St. Matthew 26.26 |
DO YOU
REALLY BELIEVE?
Do
you really believe that Jesus Christ Himself, real and
entire, is in the Holy Eucharist, in the Communion you receive?
Would
you stake your life on it because if you would not, you do not
...?
The Holy Eucharist, the Most Holy Sacrament of the
Altar ... IS ... really and truly, the Body,
the Blood, the Soul, and Divinity of
Jesus Christ Himself under the appearances of mere bread
and wine.
The
moment the Priest utters these words, "this IS
My Body" the bread, while appearing to remain just bread, becomes
IN FACT the Body of Jesus Christ
... every bit as real and present as if you could see Him standing
before you with your eyes!
The
moment the Priest utters these words, "this IS
My Blood" the wine, while appearing to remain just wine, becomes
IN FACT the Blood of Jesus Christ
... every bit as real, every bit as present, as if He were standing
before you ... because He is!
The
Holy Eucharist is not a symbol.
It
is not a mere commemoration.
It
is not merely a communal meal, although many appear to make it so.
It is Jesus Christ.
The
Church has taught this from the beginning for over 2000 years
... because Jesus taught it to the Church at the Last Supper.
Again,
I ask you: Do you really believe?
Next
time you go to Communion, ask yourself this one question:
"If today, if this once, I could really and truly see
Him with my eyes would I behave any differently
from the way I usually do?"
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If
you answer, "yes" what would you do?
Even
were you the only one to see Him, you would care nothing
of appearing to make a fool of yourself ... and fall to your
knees! You know it!
If
you answer, "no" (remember, seeing Him with your eyes!), then you
are more than a fool, for even a fool would not be insolent before
God.
Now
ask yourself from the depths of your being: "Do I
really believe"?
Do
not worry about setting precedents. Judas put his lips to Our Blessed
Lord 2000 years ago ... "on the night he betrayed him." You cannot
do worse, although you could choose to do far better ...
I do
not presume to admonish you, St. Paul does:
"Therefore
whosoever shall eat this bread, or drink the chalice of the Lord
unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and of the blood of the
Lord ... For he that eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks
judgment to himself, not discerning the body of the
Lord. " (I Corinthians 11.27-29)
The
question, then, still stands after all ... doesn't it?
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