The Holy Eccharist is real according to the Bible

  If it would not be real then it could not make you sick and even die if you ate it unworthily. We will read this in the scripture in just a little bit but first Jesus said

John 6:54-58   King James Version (KJV)

 ⁵⁴Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
 ⁵⁵For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

 ⁵⁶He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.

 ⁵⁷As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

 ⁵⁸This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.

     Noticed the word bread in verse 58. At first Jesus said His body and blood, now He's saying bread. That's because for the Last supper He changed the bread & wine into His body & blood only it still looked like bread and wine. Remember the Word became flesh now Jesus changes bread & wine into his flesh only it keeps the appearance of bread and wine.

     Even in the Bible some people did not believe this. Some ate the Holy Eucharist without repenting and going to confession. St Paul told them that's why some of you are sick and some even die. Why would St. Paul tell them this if it wasn't true. Is the Bible true or not ? Do we believe what Jesus and St. Paul says. Let us look at what St. Paul says.

1 Corinthians 11:23-30

King James Version (KJV)

²³For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:

 ²⁴And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.

 ²⁵After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

 ²⁶For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.

 ²⁷Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

 ²⁸But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.

 ²⁹For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.

 ³⁰For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

     St. Paul calls it bread in verse 27 but noticed if you eat & drink unworthily then you are guilty of the body and blood. You see it looks like bread & wine but it is the body & blood of our Lord Jesus. This is some real serious stuff.

     You see how even in the Bible days some people still didn't believe in the real presence of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist . They ate the Holy Eucharist without examining themselves, today we would say without going to confession. They got sick and some even died. Do you think St. Paul believed that Jesus is really present in the Holy Eucharist ? St. Paul took this real serious. Again let us see what else St. Paul says.

1 Corinthians 10:15-17

King James Version (KJV)

 ¹⁵I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.

 ¹⁶The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

 ¹⁷For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. 

        We Catholics go to mass, the priest bless the cup and break the bread & we go to communion and recieve ( eat ) the Holy Eucharist . The mass is performed today just as St. Paul explains it in the Bible. It is Jesus who does the miracle at the prayers of the Priest. If this would not be so then how could we fulfill the words of Jesus when H e said: Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.

       Next we will read in St. John

John 6:53-66

King James Version (KJV)

 ⁵³Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.

 ⁵⁴Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
 ⁵⁵For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
 ⁵⁶He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
 ⁵⁷As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

 ⁵⁸This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.

 ⁵⁹These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
 ⁶⁰Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
 ⁶¹When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?
 ⁶²What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
 ⁶³It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

 ⁶⁴But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.

 ⁶⁵And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.

 ⁶⁶From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. 

         As Jesus says in verse 63  the flesh profiteth nothing   . It is the Spirit of Jesus that will give us eternal life and we recieve His spirit in the Holy Eucharist. That's why He said unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood you have no life in you (the flesh profiteth nothing   ). I came to understand this while I was still out of the Church and I got scared. So I came back to the church as soon as I could so I could have eternal life. Many people did not believe back then either and they left Jesus see verse 66. If Jesus is not Truly alive in the Holy Eucharist then Why did Jesus make all this fuss about eating His flesh and drinking His blood ?

 ⁵⁷As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

       St. Paul believed, the Holy Catholic Church believes, I believe, now What are you going to believe? God gave us a free will , we can believe who and what we want but in the end if we believe wrong we have no one to blame but ourselves. My God grant you the grace to follow Him and do His will. Amen

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Is being born again enough

      1. Matt 5:20 Jesus is speaking " For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and pharises, you shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven."
      2. Matt 7:21 Jesus is speaking " Not everyone that said unto me,Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven."
      3. Matt 12:36 Jesus is speaking "But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgement.  37.  For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned."
      4. Matt 16-21 Here we have a man that asks Jesus what good things he must do to have eternal life, Jesus tells him to follow the commandments.
      5. Matt 24 12 & 13 Jesus is speaking " and because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.  13 But he that shall endure unto the end, shall be saved."
      6. Matt 25: 30 - 46 Here Jesus is saying that those who do not help those in need will go away into everlasting punishment.
      7. Luke 4:4 And Jesus answered him,saying, " It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God."
      8. John 3:5-8 Here Jesus says that "Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God"  This is true but not the only requirement. and like the wind, how can you tell you are born again? are you sure?
      9. John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ( To believe in Him means to obey Him )
      10. John 5:28,29 Jesus is speaking  " Marvel not at this : for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,  29  and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation."
      11. John 6;53 - 58 Jesus says that unless you drink his blood and eat his flesh you have no life in you. Remember the Word became flesh,... After you read 53-58 read the rest of the story 59-67 Jesus was serious, He even ask his twelve deciples "Will you also go away?"  Now in 1 Corinthians 10;16 St. Paul says "The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of christ?"  Here St. Paul is also serious because in 1 Corinthians 11;29-30 He says " For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.  30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep." 
        Jesus Christ is  really present in the Holy Eucharist of the Holy Catholic Church . When I came to understand the full meaning of these scriptures in this no. 11   I ran back to the Holy Catholic Church.
      12. St. Paul says in Philipians2:12 ....."work out your own salvation with fear and trembling" What does he mean by this?
      13. In philipians 3:11 " If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead." St. Paul seams to confirm what our Lord Jesus said in no. 5 above " But he that shall endure unto the end shall be saved"
      14. Colossians 1:23 St. Paul says "If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, ....."
      15. 1 Thessalonians 5:8 "But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation."    Noticed the word hope....hope of salvation
      16. Hebrews 5;9  St Paul says "and being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;"
      17. 1 John 2:4 "He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him."

      I'm sure there are plenty other examples but this should be enough.... in 1 John verse 3 " and hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments." Does your religion believe the above scriptures?  Do not believe what others tell you about the Catholic Church. Study their teachings for yourself and see if they follow the scriptures. ( One note of caution, some things are hard to accept at first , such as the teaching on Mary, put this aside for now and see what else she teaches, an soon you will agree with me that The Catholic Church is the only church which truly believe the Bible)