Part I – Holy Communion: The Body and Blood of the Lord Jesus
After all eucharistic ministers have received Communion, the bishop or Priest celebrant reverently hands vessels containing the Body or the Blood of the Lord to the Deacons or extraordinary ministers who will assist with the distribution of Holy Communion.
Why is there so much disagreement about holy communion?
Aug 4, 2022 · Disagreements over holy communion stem from many questions: Was Jesus speaking of His body and blood figuratively or literally, or were His words a mystical combination of the figurative and literal? How often is the church to observe communion? Is the Eucharist a means of grace or simply a memorial?
Is Holy Communion the True Body and Blood of Jesus Christ?
Apr 4, 2021 · Yes, Holy Communion (also called the Lord’s Supper or the Eucharist) is the true, physical body and blood of the Lord Jesus Christ (Mark 14:22–25; Luke 22:17–20).
The Eucharist | USCCB
By eating the Body and drinking the Blood of Christ in the Eucharist, we become united to the person of Christ through his humanity. "Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him" (Jn 6:56).
Why do Roman Catholics believe the Eucharist actually becomes the body ...
May 19, 2015 · In Holy Communion we partake of the Body and Blood of Christ, the Eternal Passover lamb, Who makes us alive and holy with Himself. Through Holy Communion we become sons of God the Father, together with Jesus, …
Jesus Meant What He Said About His Body and Blood
Oct 18, 2022 · The Catholic Church teaches that when we partake of the Eucharist in Holy Communion, we are consuming the actual, physical body and blood of Jesus Christ (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1244, 1275, 1335).
What Is the Eucharist? Catholic Answers Guide
The Holy Eucharist is the “source and summit of the Christian life,” according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC 1324). The Eucharist Is Not a Symbol: Beyond Symbolism. Jesus is substantially present—body, blood, soul, and divinity—in Holy Communion.
Communion - Roman Catholic Doctrine
holy communion The early Catholic position about bread and wine becoming the literal body and blood of Christ was clearly stated. For example, the Council of Trent (1551 AD) wrote, “a change is brought about of the whole substance of the bread into the substance of the body of Christ our Lord, and of the whole substance of the wine into the ...
1. My Body, My Blood -- Literal or Figurative? - JesusWalk
Paul's language, "Guilty of the body and blood of the Lord" (1 Corinthians 11:27) requires that Christ is corporeally (i.e. bodily) present in the Lord's Supper. The Church has taken the Words of Institution literally rather than figuratively from the earliest times.
THE HOLY EUCHARIST: THE MYSTERY OF THE BODY AND BLOOD …
In the Holy Eucharist, then, Jesus gives us His own body and blood as spiritual food in order to nurture and sustain divine life of grace in us. And He himself assures us: “Just as I have life because of my Father, so also the one who feeds on me …