The Disciples Doubted the Eucharist. Do You?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ส.ค. 2024
- You may have heard that Jesus is present in the Eucharist, but have you really heard those words? You may have been in the presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, but have you really seen him in the Eucharist?
Today, Fr. Mike challenges us to take Jesus at His word (John 6:6) and to grow in our faith in His real presence, Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity in the Eucharist!
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I’ve been Baptist in the past and had no idea anyone even taught communion this way. Now, I have no idea how people could hear and believe our amazing God wouldn’t do this miracle for us personally in Mass. We really do need it, and He really is that good.
@Bok Choy I’M SAYIN!
Yes.
Amen sister
When I learn this I joined the Catholic church
AMEN 🙏✝️🛐🙏✨🌹✨🕊️
I am 60. I was raised baptist and became Catholic 14 years ago and I am so mad at myself for not doing it sooner. I’ve missed out on so much. But man oh man! I’m so happy and blessed to be here now!
Oh man, and I thought I was looking forward to tonight's Adoration even before this!!!
It's really Him.
Because.
He.
Said.
So.
Love you, Jesus! ❤️❤️❤️🙌🙌🙌
You are so right. Churchs, at least in Spain, are almost empty because we, Catholics don't open our hearts, eyes and ears to the Great Mistery of real presence of Jesus there, actually. Let us ask Him to open our senses to the truly love. Young people, come and see!!! .
Depende! Fui a España el año pasado y aún con el COVID-19 no se podía entrar a la catedral de Santiago. Entramos solo por un milagro de Dios. La cola para entrar era larga y había muchos feligreses. Y en Fátima habían muchos feligreses españoles también. Todavía hay esperanza para España creo. Hay que orar con mucha fe.
@@ntmn8444 Ament to that. Usted tiene razón. Hay que: primero "orar", después tener Esperanza, y por ultimo "no preocuparse". De acuerdo a Padre Pio esto es todo lo que hay que hacer. God bless you.
My wife recently became Catholic and I have spoken to her before about the Bread of Life discourse, John Chapter 6. On her own, last night, she went back and re-read it. Praise the Lord! I SO wish, as others have said in these comments, that more people would open their heart to what Jesus is saying to us and embrace what He offers all of us. This is part of our Mission during this time of Eucharistic revival.
Amen. Go to confession, don't receive eucharist unless you're in a state of grace, and pray to receive devoutly on your knees. And receive as often as possible!
Natalie Bentz, Amen to that.
'...and they recognized Him in the breaking of bread.' Lk 24
So many miss this!!
Father Mike is just what Catholics and all believers needed 🙏🏼💪🏽🥰
Concentrate to his speach not to his looks. If you are inable to listen, change priest.
One of the best, if not the best explanations of the Eucharist I’ve ever heard. This subject is a sticking point for my wife who is Christian but not Catholic. We’ve been married 40 years but are not in communion with each other. I am broken over this. All I can do is pray that someday the Holy Spirit will reveal to her the truth.
Has your wife seen the Fatima movie documentary. 1917 apparition of the blessed Virgin Mary 70000 witnesses, miracles happened everywhere, a angel came to the children with communion . Photos taken sun miracle. Prophecy of Russia will spread its errors in the world , what’s happening now .
Sending Prayers for your devotion!🙏🏻
If one thinks Christ is in the wafer have they explained to you where it ends up going? Mat 15:16 Jesus said, “Are you also still without understanding? 17 Do you not yet understand that whatever enters at the mouth goes into the stomach and is cast out into the sewer?
Roberto: Do as Padre Pio advises us to do: 1. Pray, 2. Hope and 3. Don't worry. Our Lord will listen to you and perform the miracle you are expecting. God bless you.
@@sammygomes7381 pretty juvenile minded...I guess you don't think God Almighty has the ability to have our bodies absorb His Presence before what you allude to happens.
I was talking/asking God to show me some signs HE hears me, during the Holy Communion, the priest raised 2 Host & said Body of Christ, it wasn't stuck, it was perfectly overlapping with one another. Our Dear God is alive, God Bless all the priests!
I received a double portion of his body once at the same time! He really wanted me to accept Him. 😆 of course, I feel His power in the Eucharist, I sense auras. Taking in one is a lot already, but two… it’s a lot. We really are not worthy!
I love this parable. I am.not Catholic but enjoyed your perspective on it. God bless you in your work
Do you mind me being frank in asking you why you are not a Catholic even though you enjoyed this video with Fr. Mike speaking about the Eucharist and its significance?
The significance of the Eucharist and what it is - or in your case, what you may think it isn't - is paramount and cannot be overstated in its importance. If the Euchraist is truly the Blood and Body of Our Lord Jesus Christ, which he repeatedly stated to his disciples (the majority of whom rejected him when they heard it) then it is the case that your very soul is at stake and that neglecting to seriously consider this matter and search for the Truth - to search for Christ - is the biggest mistake you could ever make, because, as stated previously - your very soul is at stake.
All the best wishes and may God shine his light unto you and lead you to him.
I'm not Catholic either. I have family- a sister and a daughter, who have married Catholic men. I watch in order to learn more about the faith of my family members.
@@csongorarpad4670 I believe Eucharist is the flesh of Christ. I’m wondering how you personally explain the reason for eating His flesh. What is Jesus’ reason for us to eat His flesh? Why do we desire this daily?
@C I’m surprised that I’m not seeing any responses that declare as JESUS said to eat, “or you will have no LIFE in you.” I’m definitely understanding the Eucharist as medicine. I’m wondering if anyone else does? ☮️PS: [a major command in the Our Father prayer that Jesus gave also; ‘give us this day our daily bread’.] I believe these discussions are so important to extend our faith in Eucharist. Thanks for your response too!🌻☮️
@@wesleysimelane3423 Weak theology bro, the mass isn't an entirely different sacrifice, its the same eternal sacrifice. The Jews in Leviticus wouldn't receive have finished their sacrament in Leviticus 5 if they didnt eat the Lamb, just as Christians don't. Your understanding of Theology is pretty null too.
So... I'm a deadhead, like Fr. Calloway was(/is?), and after 38 years here, I finally was confirmed this year. I've been enjoying Bible in a year, finally got through Judges (and was really excited to finally hear of Samson), and am stoked to be gearing up for John (by the way, I had never heard or read Ruth till now, oh my!!!). Anyhow, after work today, and tending to my mother and niece, while on my way home I was rocking out to one of the many renditions is "Samson and Delilah," by Grateful Dead. Put in my earbuds to listen to this while doing some dishes at home... Man, what a blessing! I saw the thumbnail and knew where it was heading. How did I until now not see the juxtaposition to the Lord in this Parable until now?! I haven't been excited about life for too long, but here I am, bursting at the seems, ready to donate blood (Seriously: does this constitute blowing the horn for almsgiving? If so I'll omit this line it delete them post.) at a drive through my church tomorrow! Glory Be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit! You're a-okay too Fr Mike!
Dear Lord heal both our children completely from their food allergies. It is a constant struggle and life threatening issue. I believe in your healing power.
I'm so happy that I've been given the grace to recognize Him in Eucharist. My 75th birthday is this year on the Feast of the Assumption - and the only things I asked for was to visit with my granddaughter and to receive holy communion. I'm told that I will receive both.
You need Jesus now. Dont wait , Be born an\gain and be baptised , God hates religion,
@@gregtowle8830 you need a friend and a life troll
Father Mike, thank you, your explanations are easy to understand, i feel closer to god. As a catholic I needed this, please pray for me and my family. Amen.
Father Mike, you helped bring me to the church. Thank you! 💕
Amen, father... Amen... "Do you know who I am?... Do you?" 🤔 We need to hear again the words of Jesus as they simply are in the Gospels... We need to learn to hear again with simplicity
I believe one of the signs of the Church is the fact that the Eucharist is practiced there.
Father Mike is an instrument of GOD'S Mercy🙏🙏🙏💜✝️💜JESUS I Trust in You The Way The Truth The Life for Your Blood is True Drink and Your Flesh is True Food that Transforms such a one as me and without Thee I have no life in me AMEN
I'm Anglican, but this is one of the best definition of the holy communion I've heard. God bless you and keep you 🙏 ✝️
As a cradle Catholic, I remember the first time that the teaching of the Real Presence of Eucharist truly and finally sunk in. It felt like a devine revelation. This is a hard teaching, but it is incredible, and it is true. Not only is it so plainly taught in the Bible and repeated throughout in the New Testament, but it's what sacred tradition passed on to us since the first century and on. I wish I had realized this sooner, but now that I know it, I'm constantly repeating it to others in my family and helping them come to this gift and realization also! We are so blessed to be given this Sacrament and to be part of Christ's Church! No other church has the real presence, no other church will suffice like the Catholic Church, from the Apostolic Father's, from God.
Too Toobgurl86. You are right but let me correct one thing: The Orthodox Churches also share our believe in the Holy and Sacred Eucharist. The other 35,000 Christian denominations unfortunately do not share in this Christian Believe which started at the "Last Supper" and continues today.
Another intensive session, Fr Mike... We love your enthusiasm and commitment. Amen
Thank you Fr. Mike for preaching this sermon.
Receiving Jesus Christ in Holy Communion is the most beautiful, powerful and intimate union we can have with God while on earth. He said unless we eat His Body and drink His Blood In Holy Communion, we will have no life in us and if we eat and drink of Him unworthily, we are liable for The Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. 1 Cor 11:23-29, Jn 6:51-59, Lk 22:19-20
"this saying is hard, who can accept it?". It was hard then and it is hard now, people still struggle to understand real presence. Christ wasn't speaking metaphorically here, I feel blessed that I get to encounter him each week at mass when I am in a state of grace 🙏.
*Great is your piety and enthusiasm on the Holy Eucharist, which many of the priests seem to lack or fail to speak very often in their homilies.* Much less, many of the clergy never visit the tabernacle or adoration chapel to pray amidst the laity to support as well encourage the Eucharistic faith of the laity.
*Faith is a lamp to be shown to the world in our own way of prayer life and preaching what we live and profess for the Glory of God.
*Fr. MIKE, God bless you more and more and make you an Apostle of Eucharistic faith.* 🙏🙏
Our parish church has Eucharistic display every wed for several hours. Another has 24/7 Eucharistic chapel.
@@rhwinner my parish has 24/7 adoration as well , i'll say a prayer for all us tonight.
I listened and its hard Fr Mike,as
I was shown the the Holy Spirit descending onto the altar during the consecration like the dew fall golden droplets to be precise.
Then during communion the Lord let me feel his Joy as every parishioner in the packed church received Him in Communion.I stood at the rear of the church.
The Joy radiated down my body, my eye erupting with tears, they streamed down my face.
I wish I could just touch people for a second and pass this feeling on.
I must point out I didn’t receive communion myself but importantly had been directed to go to confession the day before and did ( 1st time -big fish) and that night I prayed to understand the mass and the rosary.
I learnt quite a bit about both .. you see unbeknownst to me until
The Irish priest announced that it was the feast of “Our Lady of the Rosary” 7th October 1997.
After mass my Catholic friend now wife came up to me and said I have something to share with you and I said oh I have some things to tell you…. “But you go first” I said
She proceeded to place a rosary in my left hand. I said you have no idea what you have just done as when I prayed the night before I had a seen and felt my left hand ( whilst my eyes were closed)and funny …but I couldn’t close although there was nothing in it?
That was until that moment!
My apologies for using this comment space to share.
It’s hard because looking at you, hearing I want to see have the veil lifted…it’s true I guess is what I’m trying to say. I’ve seen it and felt it
I’m in tears because I still struggle with why Our Lord was so generous to me.
God bless keep up the good work!
“Have a beautiful day!” Father Mike thanks for the video.
🍞 of JESUS is all I need.
Both my parent have become catholic on their death beds. I’m praying the rest of my extended family also converts. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
To see Miracles you have to want them and be willing to see them. I think.
There was raw, unaltered footage of Christ in the Eucharist beating like a live heart would beat; it was posted on to Twitter not too long ago. Occurred in the state of Jalisco, Mexico 🇲🇽
Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Your explanations are so very easy to understand. This one on The Holy Eucharist is right on. We need to hear this to wake us up especially at mass to really realize that we are indeed receiving the body and blood of Jesus Christ. Thank you Father Mike.
Lately, due to my sins and not having been able to confess the last two weeks I have refused to take the Eucharist for this reason. I am completely undeserving to receive it when my hands and heart are blackened. Even when clean we don't deserve it. (Though i wouldn't hesitate to receive it then)
Idk how you do it. I’ve traveled 1 hour before just to confess so I never not take the Eucharist! If a church doesn’t offer confession, I’ll go finding one until I find it. I have resolved I cannot live without it. When I go even one Sunday without it, I feel like everything is going wrong. I feel like without it, I will die.
I feel exactly the same seal pray pray pray 🙏
I agree with what you said here. That's a great way to describe what Jesus wants us to aspire to believe. I very much believe in what Jesus did. He not only gave us His Church through the Apostles, but he gave us the Eucharist, as well. When we receive Him at communion, we reclaim that we believe what He taught when we say Amen as the priest places the Eucharist in our palms or our tongue. Thanks Father Schmitz.
Thank you Father Mike.
Amen amen amen Father! Viva Christo Rey ✝️🙏🏼❤️🔥
I think Jesus brought me to you, Father, that I may hear your words. Thank you Father and most of all, Thank you Jesus. I believe you now, that the Eucharist is Jesus.
I feel so blessed when I receive my sweet Jesus in the Eucharistic and I feel so grateful but at the same time so unworthy. It's a blending of feelings! Thanks to God for loving us to the extreme! Blessings to all of you! 🙏
Blessed is not a feeling. Being blessed is when Jesus rewards you for obeying Him and trusting Him
Thank you Father, to you and your team for the hard work and great content. May God bless you
Thank you Father Mike for this beautiful homily.
Fr Mike. This is single most amazing video I saw today. You really are the billy graham of Catholic Church. God bless you ❤️
Billy Graham?
@@gregtowle8830 Russell Fernandez is giving Fr. Mike a complement. Let's take his comment the way it was intended.
@@Winston-op5de Well they need to keep looking up because the tribulation is about to start . The temple is almost finished being built. And it matters for evceryone , Not just certain people. Jesus is coming very soon .
@@Winston-op5de The antichrist is ready to come in to power, a one world religion , a one world currency. . Many will fall for his trap thinking he will provide for them and think things will be back to normal . Everyone needs to see whats going onj in the world now, b This will begin in smaller countries , then slowly work its way up to bigger countries .
Thanks Fr Mike, this is one of my favorite parables. It boggles my mind that they did not truly "see" Jesus. God Bless. Claire.
Thanks!
" i have performed miracles, i am miraculous in my actions. You all though still deny my actions are true. But let the proof shine in their hearts and belly full of food."
This parable is powerful and also hits the truth for rich people to always care for the poor because the things on earth will not matter!!!
Faith and salvation of Christ matters!!!
Fr.Mike = Awesome!!
Not even a hour ago, just finished my day 318 in Bible in a Year and this is exactly what was read and meditated on o.O
I see you Jesus!
A few Sundays ago, I realized I really have accepted the Eucharist as the real presence of Christ. I needed to go confess, but I missed my chance because of things that happened. I was so devastated. I started bawling my eyes out. I felt like I was going to die. I couldn’t take the idea of not being able to take the Eucharist. It is truly life-giving!
When we were younger and weren't paying attention to my Dad, he'd say "Do you hear me?" and we'd go "Yeah" still not really paying attention. Then he'd pause, look straight at us and say "Yeah. But do you HEED me?" Then we knew if we didn't start listening, we'd be in trouble. What he was saying was for us and for our good and if we didn't listen up the consequences could be dire. Amazing how parents can do that where many have failed.
Because HE said so. I believe.
Wow, this was powerful! I’ve been Catholic my whole life and never heard the Eucharist explained this way! Thank-you Father Mike!!
Thank you Fr Mike 🌟
We should consider the moments
spent before the Blessed Sacrament
as the happiest days of our lives.
~St John Vianney
“Jesus has remained within the Eucharist for love….of us. He has remained in the Eucharist so that we could receive him, so that we could visit him and tell him everything that happening in our life; and so that we could talk to him and listen to his voice as we pray in the Blessed Sacrament, and as we receive him sacramentally; and so that we could fall in love with him more and more each day, and make other souls to follow the same path.
For centuries Jesus has been waiting in the Blessed Sacrament.
On visiting Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament we receive light and strength to live our Christian lives and share that zeal with others 🌻
I guess thiere is a difference between saved and not saved. The bible tells us if we are saved Christ is in us, others get him once a week, so they think. Christ is not in the eucharist and no one can put him there. If Christ was in the eucharist how long would he remain in you, until the next potty break.
@@sammygomes7381 I'll keep you in my prayers so that some day you too will receive the Body, Soul and divinity of Christ in the Eucharist. Christ will guide you and you will truly understand what the Holy Eucharist is and will be able to experience it. God bless you.
@@Winston-op5de Sir, I thank you for your concern but please don't pray for me as I know not to whom you would pray. I have received Christ through faith and if I needed to eat someone for salvation that would be idol worship and God has told us not to do that. Friend, if you read all that the apostles taught you will see they said we are saved by believing in Christ, not eating Him. In fact, the apostles, like Christ, never even said mass, nor did the apostles ever teach they had the power to call Christ into the wafer. What the apostles did teach was that we are to break bread in remembrance of the price Christ paid for us.
Many blessings my friend.
I've been a catholic for 44 years.
This video changed my life. Acceptance.
I believe in the body and blood of Christ. What I don’t understand is why in some church’s they give both and others only give the eucharist and not the wine!
Oh the Eucharist is the body, blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ.
Fr. Mike , thank you so much for this talk . I have family members who I want to share this with and you said it so beautifully. God bless!
Fr. Mike when you stated Jesus asked "What more do I have to do to prove I am the living bread"; my St. Benedict crucifix moved!
I believe!🙏✝️❤️😇☀️
Amen. I believe. Jesus thank you.
I believe. During the lockdown, when churches were closed and I followed mass online, spiritual Communion didn’t feel the same for me. I physically felt empty. After 3 months, I drove to church, spoke to my parish priest and took Communion. I felt alive. I even cried. I believe.
Maybe because you don't understand what a daily personal relationship means? It's meditating , walking, talking with HE who abides in all born again believers.
@@fabiotuan5206 Maybe, for some of us, all that you mentioned, is NOT enough. Maybe, some of us hunger for the Eucharist. Maybe some of us believe what Jesus said; “Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, You can have no life in you”.
@@Love_Divine
The bread at communion represents the LIVING BREAD/WORD. We eat the bread in remembrance, but we are feeding on the LIVING BREAD/WORD who abides in us through a personal relationship.
@@fabiotuan5206 That’s your belief
Ask yourself does it make any sense using catholic terminology in "receiving literal presence" through the eucharist once a week, when HE ALREADY ABIDES IN US everday as born again believers?
I am Catholic… And I think it would be great if other faiths could more easily join our faith. To enter into almost a year of RCIA seems like a lot to ask. Definitely worth it! But it’s not just a hop skip and a jump.
There's a lot to learn before joining the church. Information people need to know to understand what they're getting into.
That's why one should follow Christ as they can come to them in a heartbeat.
Greetings Father Mike,
Great Message on Eucharistic Lord Jesus Christ through Sacred Scriptures in Pristine Manner.. Thanks Father..
Key Thoughts :
Eucharist gives Our Family strength to Forgive My Sister's Act of Mistrust with Her Marriage and her Subsequent Deeds for past few years.
Our Family still respect Religious, Atheist, Cultural Values with their Traditions but Follow only Catholic Values in Path of Lord Jesus Christ.
Special Mention :
My Sincerest Thanks for Everyone and Team Ascension Presents who helped to overcome the Emotional Trauma suffered in all aspects for a very long time. I have now Changed to my Authentic Level with New Beginning in every aspects.
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At adoration now. Thank you.
Jesus & Mary I love you. Save souls.
thankful Father remind me where I find my roots. Holy Eucharist, after a sincere confession.
Such good stuff you are getting after. Some ideas of mine to bounce around.
Jesus was the truly humble, it's taken me years to build trust with my faith where He was born with it. What I mean is, I didn't trust the Bible, and I didn't read the Bible until I was 40. So, like the Jews I wandered for 40 years carryng a large tabernacle on my back asking and begging God to make these rituals I did actually pay off so I could live in restful peace. So, he tore up my home as he said he would in Matthew 10:16-42 and said, "Where is your cross? Pick it up." So, I did. I had a daughter, and I needed her to know what healthy was and that responsible meant love not boredom.
Circumcision is a ritual that Paul and Peter battled first and to me the scriptures depict their frustration on the matter. I believe it is part of the problem of why we have an LGBTQ/psychiatry problem and how gender culture is trying to bring the unconscious to the conscious which will kill us all. Our bodies are not made to be fully conscious. Do you want to have to multitask in a world that doesn't find it a good asset for a job interview anymore, telling yourself to breathe now before your next step, and stop now because your heart needs to pump a few more times before the next leg will move? These are things your cerebellum helps to the rest of the brain to do for you, but the gender police keep thinking they've got that little apple settled under the canopy of your occipital lobe in the palm of their hands and can manipulate the absent minded to do whatever they wish if they ever want to breathe again. They torture themselves because they believe to do so brings revelations to the mind via a "new and novel approach" which they hypocritically deny as novel when they refuse to turn form their sinful ways when someone like me confronts them, "We've been here since the beginning of time" I heard one say in a PBS interview, and "they'll be here for an eternity." I dare say to you that they will not, for I am one to join heaven's army against them full body and soul; only Jesus will bring an end to this calamity as He said He would. So, the children of our time are being taught to ignore their biological sciences taught to them since elementary school in favor of a lifestyle that believes their sexual practices bring about the revelation of God like circumcision; this is not a Jewish issue it is a human species problem.
So, now that I've covered the aspect of how the human body has become just another piece of meat for people to purchase and determine on how they wish to dine. Let me say to you, that perhaps Jesus was being politically incorrect by helping people remember that canabilism was once a way to survive. I however am not ready to accept this fate, I don't mind going to war to free up some space so I can build a farm and eat some tofu. So, I offer you this: The lessons the Bible gave us about what Jesus believed are the bread, which tangibles we can conjur up and feed ourselves for a lifetime when our strict nature to put God first yields us no human love. The blood was his willingness to defend those beliefs and he demands anyone who wants to be claimed by him to be willing to give blood as he has, and which I see you do in these little sermons and what I give to you and your followers in return. 1 Corinthians 6:1-11. Bless you and thank you.
Please pray for my son jimmy who is struggling with addiction and loneliness please help him he is suffering please dear God
Better than McDonald’s on sandals lol thank you for sharing
God Bless, Father Mike... lol you say, "What" the same way I do 🤣
It took me experiencing two actual miracles before coming fully to God, so yeah, makes sense, we’re not great at this.
Thank you for this deep insight. God bless! 😊🙏🏻❤
Eucharist is one of the Catholic teachings I don’t really have doubts about. I have doubts about Marian doctrine though.
Read the church Father's and find a good Priest seek and you will find your answers
Mary is our neighbor, loving her is not optional. May God enlighten your soul to His love! ♥️🙏♥️
Brant Pitre’s “the Jewish roots of Mary” I recommend
Your half right, Christ is not in the eucharist. If you are saved the bible tells us Christ is in us.
It is a Catholic teaching the way they teach it, not Christian.
Sometimes, I have to remind myself that nothing is impossible for God.
Either you believe it’s symbolic/ metaphor or that it is his body & blood.
Jesus often did use metaphors like The Vine and the branches...ect but no where in the bible did they walk away from the use of a metaphor.
I think we can surely have metaphorical understandings of the Eucharist as Catholics, while also maintaining the literal understanding, because both can be true at the same time. It is the job of the metaphor-only interpreter to show why the literal is wrong, they can’t just appeal to metaphors because we can simply agree with the metaphor while still maintaining the literal.
@@killianmiller6107 I agree. However, metaphysical understanding, although aplicable is not required for one to ascent. Now in reference to the correlation of the ark of the covenant and Mary, metaphysics is required.
The Lord be with you.
@@killianmiller6107 but how can you say it's literal when you look at it and it's still physically wine and bread/wafer?
This has been understood with the idea of transubstantiation, that at the consecration, the substance of bread and wine cease to be bread and wine and entirely become body and blood, soul and divinity of Jesus; but the accidents (physical properties, appearance) remain. So it still tastes like bread and wine, but it is really Jesus. In the same manner Jesus became incarnate and assumed human nature, he can become bread, food for eternal life.
@@killianmiller6107 so you don't think he was merely saying those were symbols of him and his sacrifice and that he is the spiritual food we need by accepting him as our savior and believing that he came to die for all of our sins?
Thanks
wonderful podcast father. wish you were in virginia so i could go to confession with you. it has been many many years since i did that, and many since i went to church, with the exception of weddings and funerals. Since god blasted my page last year with your podcast, you have changed my life for the better. I was raised catholic and fell to the dark side for many years. i never loss faith in Jesus, just the church, You have changed my life. thank you
I walked away from Mother Church at 17, I returned at 50, the Eucharist drew me back.
I went to mass for almost a year and hanging out with Jesus but unable to receive Him made me long for Him.
Booked an appointment with the Pastor and spilled my guts. His penance? Spend some time today praising and worshipping God. Welcome back.
I love Eucharistic Adoration. Ask our Lord to help you. I will be praying for you.
The Eucharist to give people salvation who don't have the Holy Spirit yet.
John 6:63 Jesus tells us that real flesh is worthless and it is the Holy Spirit in the Eucharist.
Peter responds and says yes your words of the Eucharist are to bring everlasting salvation. And that the disciples and friends are already saved.
I still feel sad that our churches still won’t allow us to receive the blood of Jesus due to COVID… almost 3 yrs now…it appears some of Jesus’ apostles may still not believe… I would imagine this would make it difficult for some of the laity to believe…
I have to confess that I didn't understand it until Barron bishop explained it, dr pitre brant and now you.
But now that I understand the significance of this heavenly bread, I am scared to have it.
Any Catholic who makes a habit of Eucharistic Adoration, even for just half an hour a week, will know and understand that Jesus Christ is truly present in the Holy Eucharist...and their lives will be forever and profoundly changed. God's grace is even available at many online Eucharistic Adorations on TH-cam...Jesus' Presence is so powerful it can even be perceived right there online...of course it's even better to go in person for Adoration.
Blessings thanks 🙏
Hi father Mike , we love you
Thank you father Mike..God bless you.
Amen.
Quintuples
I wish you continued on to to john 6:63 and reconciled that. Since jesus knew the multitude only wanted more food and he spoke in parables with them, and explained the parables to the apostles, I will keep looking
Fr. Mike you make me smile.🙂
Plain and simple. Jesus was speaking spiritually and not literally/physically. What good would it do to eat Jesus physically in any shape or form?
"It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life."
John 6:63
Great vid, thanks.
Yesterday, at Mass, when we say "unless you eat this bread and drink this cup", the words, "unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood" came into my heart and mind. I know this is from the Bible, 1 corinthians, but shouldn't we be saying it as it is? Or maybe the Bible was changed in translation? It is so much more powerful to say it as it truly is. 🙏
Yes they (certain some) walked away from Jesus when he explained that it was the *SPIRIT* that was the bread and the life.
I shan’t.
I’m saying that ~ all do have their own will despite God’s desires and this is reflected in the cannon law, in that people must be free from being forced or coerced. We can share like I am doing to help and save you… just as Christ did.
Can. 209 §1. The Christian faithful, even in their own manner of acting, are always obliged to maintain communion with the Church.
Can. 219 All the Christian faithful have the right to be free from any kind of coercion in choosing a state of life.
Amen 🙏
If the Church truly desires a Eucharistic revival, then we need to change the way we act and worship in His Presence. The Mass should be other worldly. We should not be receiving Our Lord like we are handed a burger at a fast food joint. The music should be different, how we dress, the language. The Sacred Space should be treated sacred with silence. How you pray is how you believe. Everything at Mass should be different compared to what we do outside of Mass.
John 6:66 “After this many of his disciples drew back and no longer went about with him”. Are you going to walk away from Jesus or are you going to believe your Lord and your God?
Hey Father, the word you’re looking for is “quintuple” I believe😂
Hallo Mike
"QUINTUPLED" - I know, that word is hard. Who can pronounce it? NOT being a wise-A$$, just couldn't pass it up! You do such a good job relaying TRUTH, I take eons trying to say the same, and can't do it half as perfect, or a quarter, or a 5th! NOT being a wise A$$, like I said. I know I might need absolution from you one day?
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Bellissimo
No. Never. Even while being raised in the Anglican tradition, I believed with all my heart in transubstantiation. Naturally, I returned to the Mother Church when I grew up. He is present in the Eucharist.
That's funny Christ never taught transubstantiation. If we are saved Christ is in use, that is the whole point of Baptism which an infant can't receive.