“This
IS My
Body”
St. Matthew 26.26
Do You
Really Believe?
(PS: you absolutely must!)
Do
you really believe that Jesus Christ Himself, real and
entire, is in the Holy Eucharist, in the Holy Communion you receive?
Would you stake
your life on it — because if you would not — you do not.
The Holy
Eucharist, the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar is
really and truly, the Body, the Blood,
the Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ Himself
— under the appearances of mere bread and wine.
The moment
the Priest utters these words, “this IS
My Body” — the bread, while appearing to remain just bread,
becomes — IN FACT — the Body
of Jesus Christ ... every bit as real and present as if you
could see Him standing before you with your waking eyes!
The moment
the Priest utters these words, “this IS
My Blood” — the wine, while appearing to remain just wine,
becomes — IN FACT – the Blood of
Jesus Christ — every bit as real, every bit as present,
as if He were standing before you ... because He is!
The Holy Eucharist
is not a symbol.
It is not a
mere commemoration.
It is not merely
a communal meal, although many appear to make it so:
It is
Jesus Christ
The Church has taught this from the beginning — for over 2000 years
... because Jesus taught it to the Church at the Last Supper.
Again, I ask
you: Do you really believe?
Next time you
go to Communion, ask yourself this one question:
“If today — if this once
— I could really and truly see Him with my eyes —
would I behave any differently
from the way I do when
I receive Holy Communion?”
If you answer,
“yes” — what would you do?
Even were you
the only one to see Him, you would care nothing
of appearing to make a fool of yourself ... you would fall
to your knees. You know it!
If you answer,
“no” (remember, seeing Him with your waking eyes!), then
you are a fool and more than a fool, for even a fool would
not be insolent before God.
Now ask
yourself — from the depths of your being: “Do I
really believe”?
Do not worry
about setting precedents. Judas put his lips to Our Blessed Lord
2000 years ago ... “on the night he betrayed
him.” You cannot do worse, although you could choose to do
far better ...
I do not presume
to admonish you — St. Paul does:
“Therefore whosoever shall eat this bread, or
drink the chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall
be guilty of the body and of the blood of the
Lord ... For he that eats and drinks unworthily,
eats and drinks judgment to himself,
not discerning the body of the Lord.”
(I Corinthians 11.27-29)
The question,
then, still stands after all ... doesn’t it?
Editor
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Totally Faithful to the Sacred
Deposit of Faith entrusted to the Holy See in
Rome
“Scio
opera tua ... quia modicum habes virtutem, et servasti
verbum Meum, nec non negasti Nomen Meum”
“I
know your works ... that you have but little power,
and yet you have kept My word, and have not denied My
Name.”
(Apocalypse 3.8)
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