Do you really believe that the Holy
Eucharist is the Body of Jesus Christ really and truly?
“This
IS My Body”
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 Holy 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?”
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?
Editor
Boston Catholic Journal
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