The Body and Blood of Jesus according to Catholics.

Is the Bread we eat in the Holy Mass the real Body of Jesus? How about the wine.. The wine that we drink in the Holy Eucharist.. Is it the Blood of Jesus?


For us Catholics, the eating of Bread (unleavened/leavened bread; oscha) is like receiving the Body of Jesus, same with the drinking of Wine (unfermented grape juice) is like drinking the Blood of Jesus Christ. Anti-Catholics say that why did we took the New Testament literally..? For it is written in the 4 Evangelical Books (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John), the Last Supper.

To explain this:
 
 
ARRANGEMENT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT ACCORDING TO WHAT BOOK WAS FIRST PUBLISHED:
 
 
 
 
1 Corinthians by Saint Paul (56 AD)
Mark (64 AD)
Matthew (70 AD)
Luke (70 AD)
John (90 AD)
 
 
* there are many people attacking us because of the way we Celebrate our Passover..
 
PASSOVER - the way for us to be saved.. [2 Kings 23:21
The king gave this order to all the people: "Celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.]

In the New Testament, the first event that happened there is in the book of St. Paul, 1 Corinthians for it is first written, followed by Mark, and so on...



1 Corinthians 11:23-29

The Lord's Supper


For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread;

and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me."

In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."

For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes.

Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly.

* Anti-Catholics say that when St. Paul was proclaiming the Lord's supper, the drinking of wine and the eating of bread was ONLY A SYMBOL. If so, why did Jesus said in the verses above, "do this"...?
 
 
 
Mark 14:22-24
 
The Lord's Supper
 

While they were eating, He took some bread, and after a blessing He broke it, and gave it to them, and said, "Take it; this is My body."
And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, and they all drank from it.
And He said to them, "This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.



Matthew

'Matthew said, "He took bread and said, 'Take this, this is My Body.' He took a cup, gave it to them, and said, 'This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many.' "


John 6:53-56

So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves.

"He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
"For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink.
"He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.


It is written on the Bible that in able for us to be saved, it is not only FAITH that is needed, but also good works. --- one way of good works is by eating the Body of Jesus (oscha) and by drinking the Blood of Jesus (wine) for God said, "do this in memory of me.."


EVERYDAY MASS: IS IT NEEDED?
- it is said in the Bible that we celebrate the passover once in a month..

the passover of us catholics is the Holy Mass, and we do this everyday even though it is testified in the Bible that we should celebrate it only once in a month..




SUMMARY AND EXPLANATION:

Passover --- the way to be saved ---what is the passover of Catholics? --- Holy Mass --- Holy Communion --- we eat the Bread and drink the Wine ---why do we repeat it? --- because God commanded, "do this everytime you remember me" (1 Cor. 11:23-29) --- what was God reffering to do when He said "DO THIS".?? --- please read 1 Cor. 11:23:29 --- eat the bread and drink the wine --- so why do we repeat it? --- BECAUSE WE REMEMBER HIM EVERYDAY..