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Hi, Randy —
Thanks for the question.
The Lord Jesus always wants to transmit
grace to us in a manner that respects
our human nature.
He created it, but he also wants
to do it in a way that we are accustom
to receiving as human beings.
Examples:
- Baptism uses water and words
- Confirmation uses the bishop
and his words
- Confession uses the priest and
his words
- Anointing of the Sick uses oils,
a priest and words
- Marriage uses the couple and
their words.
In all the above cases: people, water,
oil, etc. are things we are familiar
with and associate with all throughout
in our life.
Question: Could the Lord have initiated
the Eucharist in a manner where:
— the grape wine would visibly
change to his Precious Blood?
— the leaven bread would
visibly change to a piece of His
Flesh?
No, it would defeat the purpose of
the Last Supper which was the New
Jewish Passover,
Catholics celebrate at every Mass.
It also goes against human nature
for any human to eat the raw flesh
and blood of another person.
Question:
Then why do Catholics do this?
Answer:
Because Our Lord tells us to this
and we obey the Lord and HIS Church.
See John 6:51-70
Remember although The Wine:
- smells like grape wine,
- tastes like grape wine, and
- looks like grape wine,
- It is
NOT grape wine.
For short, the accidents of grape
wine are there, but The Substance;
the thing that holds it up,
IS the Lord Himself - Body, Blood,
Soul and Divinity. The Same is true
with the Consecrated Host:
Although The Host:
- smells like unleavened bread,
- tastes like unleavened bread,
and
- looks like unleavened bread,
- It
is NOT unleavened bread.
It is the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity
of Our Lord.
Because Our Lord respects the our
human nature, being The Author of
it, He transmits his grace to us
in a manner that we are accustom
to receiving:
Eating a dinner: which like I've
already said, just so happens to
be identical to the Passover meal
the Jews celebrated. Why?
Because that's what it is! :
)
Hope this helps,
Mike
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