Body, blood, soul and divinity of Christ

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If you really believed Paul, you would not need to swallow the Eucharist to have Jesus living inside you..... thus proving that non-catholics have everything you claim to have by not swallowing the Eucharist..... which meeeeens the RC claim that the Eucharist is necessary for salvation, is a sham and a hoax and not needed at all.

It is because we believe that the Eucharist is the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ that we believe St. Paul. It is Jesus who taught the Apostles. It is Jesus who taught St. Paul. And we believe St. Paul because He is repeating the Teaching of Jesus Christ:

1 Corinthians 11:23-24
23 For 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:

24 And 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.

The Body and Blood of the Lord

Why is the Eucharist so important?  Let's go to the book of Hebrews to find out.

Heb 10:25-31

First, St Paul says:

25 Let us not neglect our church meetings,

We call that the Mass. He says, don't neglect to meet together for the Mass. Why? He'll tell us next.

as some people do, but encourage and warn each other, especially now that the day of his coming back again is drawing near.

Apparently, people were already skipping out on the Mass, back then.

26 If anyone sins deliberately by rejecting the Savior after knowing the truth of forgiveness, this sin is not covered by Christ’s death; there is no way to get rid of it. 

Then he says that neglecting to meet together for the Mass is the same thing as rejecting Christ's sacrifice. It amounts to a deliberate sin against Christ.

This is why missing the Mass is considered a mortal sin in the Catholic Church.  

27 There will be nothing to look forward to but the terrible punishment of God’s awful anger, which will consume all his enemies. 

Those who miss the Mass are considered God's enemies and can be certain that they will be punished for their ingratitude.

28 A man who refused to obey the laws given by Moses was killed without mercy if there were two or three witnesses to his sin. 29 Think how much more terrible the punishment will be for those who have trampled underfoot the Son of God and treated his cleansing blood as though it were common and unhallowed,...

There's the answer!  Why is the Eucharist so important?  Because it is the Body and Blood of Christ.  

Why is missing the Mass considered to be a trampling underfoot of the Son of God? 

Because it is offering of the Body of Christ which hung on the Cross for the forgiveness of our sins.

Why is it considered to be an insult to the cleansing blood of Christ? 

Because it is truly the offering of the Blood of Christ which was shed for our salvation.

Notice how he compares the Old Testament gathering to the New.  Saying that the New Testament gathering truly offers the Body and Blood of our Lord.  Thus, to miss the Mass is no trivial thing.

Let's go to 1 Cor 11:27 So if anyone eats this bread and drinks from this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, he is guilty of sin against the body and the blood of the Lord. 28 That is why a man should examine himself carefully before eating the bread and drinking from the cup. 29 For if he eats the bread and drinks from the cup unworthily, not thinking about the body of Christ and what it means, he is eating and drinking God’s judgment upon himself; for he is trifling with the death of Christ. 30 That is why many of you are weak and sick, and some have even died.

Back to Hebrews 10:29...

...and insulted and outraged the Holy Spirit who brings God’s mercy to his people.

It is such a wicked sin that St. Paul virtually equates it with the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit:

Mark 3:28 “I solemnly declare that any sin of man can be forgiven, even blasphemy against me; 29 but blasphemy against the Holy Spirit can never be forgiven. It is an eternal sin.”

30 For we know him who said, “Justice belongs to me; I will repay them”; who also said, “The Lord himself will handle these cases.” 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Yes, the Mass is so important that willfully missing it turns us into God's enemies.  Please, inform those whom you love.  Do not neglect the Mass.  Because doing so is to insult the Body and Blood of the Lord.

We, Catholics, are they who are saved by His Blood

LG:

I think that Catholics must lose a lot of weight being on the hamster wheel of works in order to get their salvation...

We believe that salvation is worth it. Don't you? 
Philippians 3

King James Version (KJV)
⁷ But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
⁸ Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
⁹ And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
¹⁰ That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
¹¹ If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

DIS:I think you're right. Too bad that most won't get off of that wheel and accept the gift God has provided.

It is we who have accepted His gift and Protestants who have rejected it:
Acts 2:38

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in thename of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

It is sad to see that Jesus gave us such a wonderful gift at His death...to have our sins covered by His blood...to approach the throne room of grace boldly...to be SAVED by Him...and look at this. Completely ignored and back to OT works and law.

You are mistaken. We, Catholics, are they who are saved by His Blood:
1 Corinthians 10:16
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?

It is those who deny His Sacraments, ironically that means the Protestants, who will be saved according to your works. It is in the Sacraments that we present ourselves before God believing in His promises, by faith apart from our works. That does not mean by faith "alone". That means that those who keep the Law present ourselves before God to be justified in accordance to our faith:
Romans 2:13

King James Version (KJV)
¹³ (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

I wonder sometimes if the Lord just doesn't want to bang His head against the wall...(no disrespect to the Lord intended)

Yeah. It started when Luther broke away from the True Church and has become continually worse to this day.

Sincerely,

De Maria

What does the Bible say about the Eucharist?

First of all, what is the Eucharist?  

The Eucharist is the Sacrament of the Bread and Wine which are the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.  

The word, "eucharist" comes from the Greek word, "eucharistia" which means "thanksgiving".  

The reason that this word has come to represent the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ is because in Luke 22:17, it is recorded that in the Last Supper, when Jesus established this Sacrament,  "…He took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves".

And likewise in Luke 22:19, "He took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me."

The underlying word for "gave thanks" is "eucharistia.  

It is used in the same way by St. Paul in 1 Cor 11:24.

1 Corinthians 11:24

24 And 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.