Post on 18-Jul-2015
Liturgical Formation
October 3, 2014
…will answer those who say that mass should not be celebrated at all
Many Protestants of
all denomination,
sects, cults, etc.
who object to the
Catholic celebration
of the mass.
2. at Mass- again they
say – we “crucify” the
Lord again and again,
forgetting that Jesus
died once for all
times.
Are these
interpretations
of the Mass
correct?
Not by a long shot!They are the product of
misinformation, ignorance
of the scriptures and of
theology
…Result of deep – seated
anti-catholic sentiment.
Everybody knows
that what we adore
in the Eucharist is
not bread but Body
of Christ, and is not
wine but the Blood
of Christ,
Why are they the Body and Blood of Christ?
Because Christ
Himself said so; and
being God, Christ is
infallible and cannot
tell an untruth
If Christ said so, what He said must be found in the bible.
Because
they
interpret
the Bible
in their
own way
They insist that when Christ said, “This is my Body.” “This is my Blood,” He was using a figure of speech.
….and that
the real
meaning of
those word, is,
“This is a
symbol of my
Body and
Blood.”
Please Read:John 6:11-13
John 6:22-24
John 6:32-39
John 6:41-44
John 6: 48-51
John 6: 53-58
John 6: 61
John 6: 66-69
Jesus
Miracles
Disciples Look for Jesus
Jesus
Bread of
Life
Own
flesh
Horrified
disciples
Own
blood
They turn
their backs
from Jesus
Did Jesus say them “wait a minute, don’t take it literally; it is only a figure of speech?
On the contrary,
Hinayaan nya na
Maraming umalis...
but even, he
challenges his twelve
apostles.
“Do you also
want to go”?
Tell me – would Jesus
have gone that far if He
had meant his words to
be a mere figure of
speech?
second
accusation
that at mass
we “crucify”
the Lord.
not only ridiculous
but goes directly
against the bible
The Gospel narratives
of the Last supper
show that Jesus
wanted the Eucharist
to be a
SACRAMENTAL
dimension of the
Paschal mystery
Paschal
Mystery:
Passion,
death and
resurrection
HOLY MASS
Mass: the bread and
wine DIE in the
sense that they stop
being bread and
wine
and they RISE
in the sense
that they are
changed into
the Body and
Blood of Christ
TRANSUBSTANTIATION-
change of
substance
This being so, why
don’t non-Catholic
Christians celebrate
the Eucharist
They don’t and
they do.
They don’t
reasons already
given
They do, in the sense
that every now and
then They
commemorate what
they call…..
The Lord Supper
But a supper
which is not a
mass but simply
a “fellowship
meal”
They also have
bread and wine but
they are mere figure
or symbol of the
Body and Blood of
Christ
Example:
Iglesia ni Manalo which
is not Christian
because it does not
believe in the Holy
Trinity and the Divinity
of Christ.
La Santa Cena-
holds it once a
year – but as a
fellowship meal
and symbol, not in
the way Jesus
intended it to be.