When was the last time you had Communion?

My wife and I are daily Communicants.  At least, we were before the shelter in place rules were issued.  Thank God for the parishes that are streaming the Daily Mass online and for those which are providing the Sacrmaments, like drive in Confession and Confession by appointment. 

But the Eucharist is the source and summit of our Faith and I'm sure that many of you, like myself, are hungering for the Bread of Life. 

What can we do?

Well, we must be obedient.  But, we can write to our Bishops and to the Pope and ask that they begin to think about ways that the Eucharist could be provided to the Faithful.  One way that I can think of, is for more extra-ordinary ministers of the Eucharist to be appointed, many more.  And for the Eucharistic hosts to be distributed to them, so that they could distribute them to their families.

What about you?  Do you have any ideas?

Remember the Sensus Fidelis.  The Sense of the Faithful.  We are allowed to communicate to our Bishops and to the Pope, what we believe the Holy Spirit is communicating to us in order to guide the Church.

The Confiteore, I confess

Did you know that, if you have not committed mortal sin you don't need to go to the sacrament of confession but once a year.  (CCC #1457) Why is that?

Well, that's because venial sin is forgiven in the Confiteor. The Confiteor is the prayer that we pray together at the beginning of Mass. It is also known as the Penitential rite or general confession and is not simply recited for a pleasurable exercise. Our venial sins are remitted when we pray this prayer in the beginning of the Mass.

I confess to almighty God,and to you, my brothers and sisters,that I have sinned through my own fault,in my thoughts and in my words,in what I have done, and in what I have failed to do;and I ask blessed Mary, ever virgin, all the angels and saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.

It is a public confession in the presence of a priest.

Here's what St. Thomas Aquinas, the Angelic Doctor says:

I answer that, As stated above (Article 2), no infusion of fresh grace is required for the forgiveness of a venial sin, but it is enough to have an act proceeding from grace, in detestation of that venial sin, either explicit or at least implicit, as when one is moved fervently to God. Hence, for three reasons, certain things cause the remission of venial sins:  

first, because they imply the infusion of grace, since the infusion of grace removes venial sins, as stated above (Article 2); and so, by the Eucharist, Extreme Unction, and by all the sacraments of the New Law without exception, wherein grace is conferred, venial sins are remitted.                      Secondly, because they imply a movement of detestation for sin, and in this way the general confession [i.e. the recital of the Confiteor or of an act of contrition, the beating of one's breast, and the Lord's Prayer conduce to the remission of venial sins, for we ask in the Lord's Prayer: "Forgive us our trespasses."  

Thirdly, because they include a movement of reverence for God and Divine things; and in this way a bishop's blessing, the sprinkling of holy water, any sacramental anointing, a prayer said in a dedicated church, and anything else of the kind, conduce to the remission of venial sins.Summa Third Part, Q87, art 3

So, if you happen to be late to Mass and miss the Confiteor, your venial sins are forgiven when you recite the Our Father, or take communion.

And so, it isn't necessary for a faithful Catholic to go to the sacrament of confession more than once a year unless he has a mortal sin on his soul.

However, the sacrament of confession is recommended as frequently as possible because it is an outpouring of God's grace, a gift, a participation in God's life. Why would we want to minimize that? We should want that as often as we can get it.

God died on the Cross. He will die no longer.

Lutero:

Actually masticating will kill anything if you bite hard enough. Oh but Roman catholics are not allowed to use their teeth on their god cookie. So it melts like the wicked witch in the wizard of Oz. Got it. Don't pay any attention to the man behind the curtain he is just practising his sorcery and black magic to bewitch you.

God died on the Cross. He will die no longer.

Romans 6:9

King James Version (KJV)
⁹ Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.

Do you believe this?

Sincerely,

De Maria

It is the Catholic Church which tells the faithful to eat of the Tree of Life

Lutero:
I vote that De Maria is quoting Scripture out of context and definitely reading into Scripture things that either don’t apply or do not exist. Let’s look at the first verse he posted.

Ok.

We read in Genesis 2:9 that the “tree of life” is a literal tree.

”And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.”

In Revelation 22:2, The “tree of life” appears again.

”In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. ”

Even if Revelation 22 was a vision and was to be read metaphorically, there is no indication that the “tree of life” mentioned in Chapter 22 is Christ or Christ in the eucharist. There are no commentaries in either the New American, Douay-Rheims or the New Jerusalem Bibles that identify the “tree of life” in Revelation 22 is Christ nor Christ in the eucharist.

De Maria, is this the official teaching of the Roman Catholic Church and if so, where does it get it’s assertion that the “tree of life” in Revelation 22 is the eucharist?

The reason you don't understand the Scripture is explained by the Word of God:

1 Corinthians 2:14

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¹⁴ But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Now, lets add to the verses which you provided, these which I offered previously:

Genesis 3:22

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²² And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

God has taken man from the Garden in order to prevent man from eating of the Tree of Life and living for ever.

Then Jesus comes and reverses that which Adam has done:

Romans 5:12

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¹² Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

And given us again, the food which will give us eternal life:

John 6:51

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⁵¹ I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
And that is exactly what we do at the Eucharist. We "put forth our hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever".

And so it is confirmed in Rev 22:13
Revelation 22:14

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¹⁴ Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

We who keep the Commandments of God have the right to the Eucharist, the Tree of Life, whereof if we eat, God grants us eternal life.

Let’s look at the next verse De Maria presents as a proof text.

Ok.

We see that in Genesis 3:22, the “tree of life” is in reference to a literal tree and not Christ or Christ in the eucharist.

You see that. Or should I say, "YOU don't see Christ there." I was sure that Protestants also believed the adage, "in the Old Testament we find Christ concealed. In the New Testament, Christ is revealed."

The Tree of Life is a reference to Christ. It is a foreshadowing, a type, a symbol of Christ.

There are some who claim that the story Adam and Eve is to be understood in metaphor however, I believe that the Roman Catholic Church does not hold this view.

The Church teaches that Adam and Eve exists and that many elements of the story are metaphorical.

Finally, the third.

John 6:51
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51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

The “tree of life” isn’t mentioned in John 6:51. I fail to see how John 6:51 is related to Genesis 3:22 and Revelation 22:14 in any way, shape or form. Jesus never said that He was the “tree of life”. He said he was the “bread of life.”

It takes spiritual discernment to see the connection. Eating of the Tree of Life results in eternal life. Eating of the Eucharistic Bread results in eternal life.

I do see one parallel between the devil told Eve about the tree of life and what Rome tells its faithful about the eucharist. In both accounts, a devil deceives mankind into believing a lie.

You are confused. It is the Protestants who, like the Serpent, tell the faithful to reject the Tree of Life and eat of the Tree of knowledge of good and evil. It is the Catholic Church which tells the faithful to eat of the Tree of Life, in obedience to Christ.

Sincerely,

De Maria

Jesus Christ sacrificed Himself on the Cross in order that we might have Him to offer to the Father

Lutero:

demaria,
Now it is YOU that is doing the offering of Christ.  Not taught in the NT or by the ECFs. Fabricated in the 3rd century.  YOU cannot offer Christ. Your praise OK. Yourself OK. But not Christ. His offering was once and for all and not to be repeated. Read Hebrews.

Its in Scripture. Jesus Christ sacrificed Himself on the Cross and transubstantiated the bread to His flesh in order that we might have Him to offer to the Father in "eucharistia" that is, in "thanksgiving".

Malachi 1:11

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¹¹ For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name,and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.

Leviticus 7:11-15

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¹¹ And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the Lord.
¹² If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.
¹³ Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.
¹⁴ And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave offering unto the Lord, and it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings.
¹⁵ And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.

Sincerely,

De Maria

Where do we find the passover becomes the mass?

Lutero:
Where do we find the passover becomes the mass?

Here.

Matthew 26:16-18

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¹⁶ And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
¹⁷ Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?
¹⁸ And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.

Note that Jesus prepares the disciples for a Passover. But this is what He says during that Passover:
²⁶ And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
²⁷ And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;
²⁸ For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Jesus prepared the disciples for a Passover. But during that Passover, celebrated the Mass. St. Paul obviously understands this:
1 Corinthians 5:7

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⁷ Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

So what does it mean that YOU are now UNLEAVENED?.

St. Paul is using "leavening" in a metaphorical sense. To understand the metaphor, you must go to the Old Testament. Before the Passover, the Jews were supposed to clean house throw out all leavening:
Exodus 12:15

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¹⁵ Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

When St. Paul says, Purge out therefore the old leaven, he is referring to sin. We become one bread, one body with Christ. And before we eat of the Eucharist, our Passover, we must examine ourselves:

1 Corinthians 11:28-30

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²⁸ But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
²⁹ For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
³⁰ For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

When we unite ourselves to Christ in the Holy Eucharist, we must be a pure lump, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened, without sin.

Where does scripture say if they did not eat the lamb they would die?

Hebrews 10:

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²⁵ Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
²⁶ For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
²⁷ But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
²⁸He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

I know there was something they had to do to preserve their lives.. but it was not to eat the lamb ... infact they were told to burn the lamb they did not eat.. so what was the sign they were to use to save their lives?

To mark the doorposts with the blood.

First you have to show where God commanded the "mass "as a new passover ...

On the contrary, you have to show where Scripture says that the Mass is not the Passover. I have shown you where our Traditions and doctrines are in line with Scripture. You have shown nothing from Scripture. Absolutely nothing.

What you do is isogesus..

What you offer is mere opinion with no support.

you look up scripture or read it to support what you want it to say . The passover was once a year as a memorial commandment ..it pointed to Christ

Exactly! It pointed to Christ. Because Christ is the True Passover. And long ago, it was prophecied that Christ would become the Daily Offering:

Malachi 1:11

King James Version (KJV)
¹¹ For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.

It is indeed a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God..because there was only ONE sacrifice for sin.. and that was on Calvary.. there are no more daily sacrifices

It is that same sacrifice of Calvary which we offer and consume. 

Maria.. what did the cross accomplish ? How is is sufficient to you?

Jesus accomplished the salvation of all who OBEY Him on the Cross. 

Hebrews 5:

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⁸ Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;


⁹ And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

In so doing, He established an example that we should follow in His steps:

1 Peter 2:21

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²¹ For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

Sincerely,

De Maria