There are five mysteries to meditate on Eucharistic devotion. 1. the wedding feast at Cana (Jesus changes water 💦 into wine 🍷(John2:1-12) 2. multiplication of loaves and fishes (John 6:1-15). 3. the teaching on the bread of life (John 6:22-71). 4. the last supper (John 14:1-1726). 5. the road to Emmaus (John 24:13-35). Rev. Robert Stein wrote A Scriptural Rosary for Eucharistic Devotion
If you’re struggling with your faith read “The Miracle Ship”. Also just put God first. Before family and everything else and watch your life turn around. God bless.
I love Jesus as a prophet of God. Message of all prophets is same,, worship creator alone,, do good be away from bad deeds,, there is life after death good ones are awarded in heaven.
@@krater2137 Haha! I’m actually still waiting to be baptized. I come from a Protestant family but got sick of the lack of faith within our lives so I decided to join the Catholic Church. I’ve been praying the rosary every night and have been attending my local FSSP parish. Still a little impatient but one of my Catholic friends is trying to get our priest to baptize and confirm me early since I already know a lot about the church.
When Jesus says that He is the bread, and the bread is the flesh, this is a spiritual truth, it is not merely to mean that this is lowered down to a worldly secular literal understanding. The disciples took Jesus literally because they never heard anyone say that before. But we must focus on what Jesus means instead of how someone else thought it was in that moment. Jesus is talking about that accepting His sacrifice, the gift of salvation, is eternal life, that He is the way to eternal life, that He is the way the truth and the life and no one comes to the Father except through Him. It’s not about literally taking bread as His flesh and the wine literally as His blood. This is merely a communion, an ushering of welcome or introducing the truth to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. This is a thanksgiving to God through a physical symbolic feast of bread and wine in small amount
Where does he say that he will turn man made bread into flesh? That was a while before the cross, why didn’t anyone try to eat his flesh while it was still on the earth? Where does it say that he’ll come to the Alter in “humble obedience” to the priest as said by John O’Brian, and approved by the church. Paul said that whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup you show Christ’s death until he returns. Shouldn’t Paul have said that you show Christ is here? Through searching the scriptures, I can’t find where any Christians believed that the bread and wine were the true flesh and blood of Christ.
You should consider what ALL of the church fathers believed and taught. Perhaps 1,500 years of Christian history (until Zwingli and fellow heretics came along) are convincing?Or, maybe you are smarter than they were?
@@synergyenglishbrazilcommon Catholic argument for this....answer me this if Christ truly went it was his flesh and blood why didn't He carve himself up right there? Why did he use Bread and Wine as symbols of what He was saying? Also too...why didn't the Disciples take His body after crucifixion and start eating it?
@@Rancidice clarification: I’m Lutheran (LCMS). Your knee-jerk reaction is foolish. No need to debate this topic. I’ll trust the brilliance of the Apostolic and Church Fathers over mine or yours.
@@synergyenglishbrazil John 6:32-40 32Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34“Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.” 35Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 36But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. 39And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. 40For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”
Yeah, his grace is sufficient. No one argues with that. Only the Lord can choose who joins him in eternal life. But at the same time why wouldn’t you utilize the gifts given by God and the church Jesus established? So yeah your faith alone might be “enough” to get saved, but why wouldn’t you strive to live a life of good works to help not only better yourself but also please our Lord. Faith and good works are one and the same.
I corinthians 11:18-34 , Also if isnt clear, let's remember the reaction from the jews within these verses from john 6: 52. (...) "How can this man give us (his) flesh to eat?" 60. "(...)This saying is hard; who can accept it?" Jesus would explain any parable to His apostles, but He was insistant, to the point of saying to them: 61. (...) "Does this shock you? 62. What if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? He is God, He said He is the bread of life, He want to give His grace directly, but we need to be clean, repentent. Make too much sense after you reflect on the first letter to corinthians 11:18-34 a second time... why this respect towards a bread, said to be Body?
We don’t produce literal fruits yet yeh Bible talks about fruits of the spirit ? The Bible has a ton of parables. Plus that many people leaving tells me it’s more than just eating Jesus. It’s also about giving up your worldly life. People don’t want to do that they can’t eat Jesus bread if life. The bread is Jesus. And Jesus is the way the truth and the life: he says I am the way the truth and the life. So eating his ways his truths and his life.
In His physical fleshly death is eternal life for those who believe in Him. The Eucharist is the symbolic manifestation of this belief. That’s how I’ve always understood it.
Except that it is NOT symbolic. The bread is literally transformed into his body/flesh and the wine into blood when bread & wine is consecrated during the mass. So literally Jesus’s body and blood is shed and poured FOR US at every mass.
@@Rancidice I didnt say “re-sacrifice”. I said CONSECRATED. Consecration: Consecration is, within the Holy Mass, the realization of the Sacrament of the Eucharist, by which Christians enter into "communion with Christ truly present in the consecrated Bread and Wine" (Pope Francis, Catechesis on the Holy Mass, March 7, 2018). The Church has celebrated this Sacrament from the beginning, as recounted in Scripture: "And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers" (Acts 2:42). This practice was the response to the desire of Jesus Christ himself during the Last Supper: "Do this in remembrance of me" (Lk 22:19; 1 Cor 11:24-25). With these words Jesus asks his disciples to accept the gift of his sacramental presence and to repeat it "until I come again" (cf. 1 Cor 11:26).
@@dennisheng3239 "so literally Jesus' body and blood is shed and poured FOR US at every mass" Isn't that what he already did on the cross? Why is it being done again every time during mass? One and done my friend
@@Rancidice I literally just answered your question ☝️ If you were sincere about your question, you wouldn’t end it with a statement. In any case, if you believe that its “one and done” then you are of course entitled to believe what you believe. You don’t need to proselytize to me and your snarkiness is unnecessary. And I am not asking any questions. But thanks
He could have said “the bread that I give is my death” and that would be clear that his death (of his body) would be the sacrifice, but instead he says my flesh, which is very specifically his body and not just what his body dying signified …
As Jesus told Thomas: Blessed are those who do not see, yet believe. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 11:29: “For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the body of the Lord.” Question, why would there be judgement on anyone IF IT’s ONLY A SYMBOL⁉️
Jesus doubled down in how serious that was. Jesus says only a few times “amen, amen I say to you” to show that He is not speaking metaphorically. And He says it there in the bread of life discourse, a year later, He offers His body as, flesh and blood as bread and wine at the last supper.
Imagine I tell you that i love you but I merely give you something symbolic to express my love and not my own self....won't you wonder did I seriously love you?
the cross expresses Jesus’ love. Not communion. It’s symbolic. Not sure why Catholics think Jews would’ve been okay drinking human blood and drinking human flesh. If they thought that’s what it meant they never would’ve done it because it would’ve contradicted God.
THE WORD OF GOD: Protestants use scripture (the word of God) while Catholics have Jesus Christ (the Incarnate Word of God) to interpret scripture. Scripture 📖 is something that… - Satan and deceivers use (Matthew 4:5; Galatians 1:6-8), - that is veiled (2 Corinthians 4:3), - that people deceive themselves into believing that it offers “eternal life” (John 5:39). The paradox of what Jesus said, that we do not “live by bread 🥖 alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4); we must remember that the WORD BECAME FLESH (John 1:14). It is this “flesh” (John 6:55) through which the “bread 🥖of life” (John 6:48) reveals the scriptures veiled meaning (2 Corinthians 3:14 & Luke 24:35) to His Church (1 Timothy 3:15). It explains why there’s tens of thousands of Protestant denominations who interpret scripture the way Satan does: according to their perverted version. It also explains why there’s one ☝️ Catholic faith that is older and and larger than all Protestant denominations combined. It has Jesus Christ truly present in the Eucharist that interprets scripture for us just as He did for the two disciples on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-35).
SUPERNATURAL BREAD 🥖: Do you think 🤔 that when Jesus Christ taught us to pray 🙏🏽 and inserted “give us this day our daily bread 🥖”, He was referring to normal food❓ No! He was referring to the Eucharist‼️ The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains: The usual Greek word for “daily,” hemera, is, after all, used elsewhere in the New Testament, but not in this instance. Why did St. Matthew and St. Luke feel compelled to create a new Greek word to accurately reflect the words of Jesus? They most likely had to use a new word to faithfully translate a novel idea or a unique Aramaic word that Jesus used in His prayer. What was Jesus’ new idea? Although there are multiple levels of meanings to epiousios, Jesus is making a clear allusion to the Eucharist. “Our daily bread” is one translation of a word that goes far above our basic needs for sustenance, and invokes our supernatural needs. St. Jerome translated the Bible in the 4th century from the original Latin, Hebrew and Greek texts to form the Latin Vulgate Bible. When it came to the mysterious word epiousios, St. Jerome hedged his bets. In Luke 11:3, St. Jerome translated epiousios as “daily.” Yet, in Matthew 6:11, he translated epiousios as “supersubstantial.” The root words are: epi, meaning “above” or “super;” and ousia, meaning “being,” “essence,” or “substance.” When they are read together, we come to the possible translations of “super-substantial,” “above-essence,” or, in effect, “supernatural” bread. This translation as supersubstantial is still found today in the Douay-Rheims Bible. Taken literally, our supersubstantial bread is the Eucharist. (CCC 2837)
His flesh is spiritual food and it is a spiritual hunger feeding the 5 thousands is what he He will do for those how fallow Him spirit they will never thirst or hunger
Amen brother we got to spread the word. Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life. Jesus says eat my flesh, well if you add those two it’s eating his ways his truths and his life
THE LAMB 🐑 OF GOD: Why do you think John the Baptist called Jesus the “lamb of God” (John 1:29 & 1:36)? Jesus is the pascal lamb 🐑 to be sacrificed. The Passover tradition started when Moses and the Israelites sacrificed an unblemished lamb 🐑 . In order to have the angel of death 💀 to Passover them, THEY HAD TO EAT THE SACRIFICIAL LAMB 🐑 (Exodus 12:8).
Oh hahahaha you almond got us! Acts 10:10-13 10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, 11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: 12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. 13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. Acts 10:34-36 34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: 35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. 36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:) Ephesians 5:29-32 29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: 30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. 31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. 32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Who are the flesh and bones of Jesus Christ? The Ones God is making clean. Remember Jesus Christ and the woman at the well. Read the conversation he had with His disciples right after. What was the food they knew not of? To do the will of the One who sent Him and finish His work. He ate the same thing Peter was about to eat in Acts 10. You know what doesn’t matter? How much someone understands this before they do it. Matthew 12:46-50 46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. 47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. 48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? 49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! 50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. Who are His brothers and sisters and church? Whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven… Not the one who kneels down reverently to take the communion on the tongue and believes that they are literally chewing on roast Yeshua Hamashiach. Go read about Jesus Christ at the Passover supper with His disciples. They had no clue what they were doing. They just obeyed the Lord. Oooff course Peter argued a little but hey, it shows that Jesus even makes Priests out of married men. 🗡️
I don't get it mof. I'm not the only threat now. I'm not the only one who stopped the apocolypse, I've done my part, and now loads of people are doing it. It ended the moment I did my part; there was no more that threat should have got to me. Its done, the movement has happened, they're too late to stop it, it's now underway. I dont understand why Jesus doesn't just end this! They did a ritual to stop me imagining Heaven, any of us. They're too late, but because we've only ever lived somewhat connec5ed ti thr apocolypse, yknow some of this reasoning us not going to change quickly. So WHAT! I suffered so much because you didn't do anything, because God didn't do anything, because the pol8ce didn't di anything. I dint get it! What do I have to do to make them stop making me suffer?
Then he later shows them its unleavened bread and wine. At the Passover which is a symbolic dinner for remembrance. Moses offered unleavened bread at the temples for a symbol of faith. It sounded disgusting at first because he was testing their faith.
I still don't go so far as to accept full on transubstantiation, but as a person of Baptist heritage, I think an excellent (and likely correct) case can be made for belief in the real spiritual presence.
He wasn’t speaking symbolically he was referring to being God …stop it! He was referring to the kingdom of God he is the “word” of God “for the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.” Romans 14:17 “Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.”” John 18:36
@@michellerodriguez4717 Nah, Jesus is NOT there… And why would I want to trap people? 😂 You believe what man tells you over the word of God. “You must be born again to even see the kingdom of God”
@@LauraBeeDannon not a challenge at all I tell him right now because he’s not there, in what you call the Eucharist; he lives in me! I don’t have to go through a human to have access to him, the cross did that, through the shed perfect blood of Jesus I have access to the Father! Sorry, I grew up Catholic and there’s nothing you can’t tell me to convince me otherwise, I used to believe what you believe because it’s what they told me. You never receive him when you take the wafer, you’ll try and try and never reach him on your own …and that in itself opens the door to a spirit of condemnation that you’ll never be good enough. You may feel him on the outside because he loves you and longs for you to invite him in. And you should!That, keeps you living the way you feel but never experiencing the true Lord of Lords. I do pray Catholics could see this. “You must be born again” John 3:1-5 Get Free!
Whose interpretation? That belief was also of Ignatius, St. John’s disciple. How could he have gotten it so wrong being John who wrote it and taught him? That wasn’t a theological issue until the Protestant reformation
First rule of public speaking, “Know your audience.” He knows his audience-I believe he’s speaking to a crowd of college kids … they’re laughing and listening. Were it a crowd of old folks like me, I doubt he would have used that joke to keep the audience’s attention.
Jesus has a sense of humour. I was helped by a suicide prevention society. So I bought a lottery ticket and said I’d give them it all. I forgot about the ticket and remembered about it after the draw. Before I went and looked at the results a voice in my head said “no matter what you give everything to the charity”. In my head I though if I win big I keep a small amount to buy a flat but give everything else away. Anyway. The thought of came and I agreed. I give it all away no matter what. I won. £30 God has a sense of humour.
Please read your bible. Go to what Christ said at the last supper. Did Christ tell his disciples that the should Take,eat this is a symbol or did he say “Take,Eat for this IS”.
@@missyblu4983Thats not really a closed case argument for your position though. Simply because the wording can be read literally, doesn’t mean Jesus *meant* it literally. This is coming from the context of the fact most of His statements were symbolic towards a spiritual reality. In this case, the bread and wine calling towards His crucifixion that would occur the following day. The eucharist would mean nothing without the reality of the crucifixion, i.e why some claim it symbolic, because symbols point towards actual realities, they are not the reality themselves.
"Man will not live on bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God." Jesus Good luck arguing against that. Bible literally can not have any controdictions. That means Jesus is either a liar or communion is symbolic.
@@luisaz8990 did Jesus eat his one flesh and drink his own blood? Which mean the human of Christ was present in the bread and simultaneously eating his body ? Can we attribute omnipresent what only God in his divine nature is ? I’m serious asking ?
@@MarvinAlvarez-fe4fl I can agree with that. I think that when in doubt of what scripture is really saying in certain parts, that we can refer to what the church has to say, as well as call on the Holy Spirit to illuminate our minds and perspectives. That’s how I feel, but I respect you regardless if you have a different point of view.
That’s blasphemy, read the whole context, Jesus said, eating the bread is coming to him and drinking his blood is believing in him. This teaching is heresy
You see I do believe that and I’ve had arguments of if it’s the literal presence of Jesus. But I stumbled upon Eucharistic Miracles and thus sealed my faith and understanding that the Eucharist is a literal. To call it blasphemy and heresy is quite a stretch tbh.
@@antokaknee I’m no here to attack anyone, having a respectful and peaceful conversation. The issue, this person didn’t read the whole chapter, when Jesus said, eat my body and drink my blood, he was saying, eat his flesh is coming to him and drink his blood is believing in him. I have one question, when Jesus said few hours before his death, this is my body ( the bread) this is my blood ( wine ) did he drink and eat his own body ? In the Jews tradition of Passover, they had to drink the wine and eat the bread, if we gonna take it literally. Jesus ate is own flesh and drink is own blood.
@@antokaknee I call blasphemy and heresy bc it’s impossible that the human body of Christ is everywhere, the body of Christ is in heaven it can’t be in heaven and earth ( bread ) simultaneously. Otherwise the human body of Christ is no longer human, is divine, which contradict the hypostatic union of Christ, human nature and divine nature
@@MarvinAlvarez-fe4fl I see and understand your point you made because it does make logical sense when you put it that way. And yes I am also here to have a conversation. In regards to your first comment, I'd like to challenge you on the interpretation of John 6, because upon reading the whole thing, the Jews assumed the exact same position as you have, 'How can Jesus give us his flesh for us to eat?' And Jesus doubles down by saying "Truly, truly / Verily verily," (depending on translation) and he reiterates that, "unless you eat the flesh from the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life within you." Yes I do agree there is symbolism to this phrase since he did say in the beginning and it also connecting to the Last Supper and his Crucifixion , but then again there is so much more to it since Jesus does not back from his own claim and even turns to his Apostles saying, "Will you not leave too?" even when many of his disciples left upon their assumption of him literally eating his flesh. Thats the thing of why I believe the Eucharist is the literal Presence of Jesus, because for 1, he said so himself, and two he doubles down on this claim and challenges his followers if they will leave too like the many Jews that departed him from that day assuming that he gives his literal flesh and blood. Thats my overall quick take on this chapter which is what I am challenging you on.
@@MarvinAlvarez-fe4fl In regards to your second reply, I'd like to first start off by saying nothing is impossible with God so theologically speaking it can be, but I understand this is treading the line of Modalism and heresy I do realize that and people of the past have vastly discussed this too, please look at the Vatican 2 discussion where they did discuss the Eucharist topic in heavy debate as well, if you are willing to. Anyways, the Catholic Church teaches that the Eucharist is the 'presence' of God (who is both human and divine), this is where the well known term transubstantiation is used, because yes in mass they use the wafer and wine, while the material may be the same, the essence of it changes into the presence of God for us to eat and drink. Saint Thomas Aquinas, does a much better job of explaining this so please look it up if you are ever so willing. I do understand your standpoint and I am not here to invalidate it because I did have that standpoint for when discerning my faith, I am merely here to challenge you in your understanding and see if it stands up, biblically, historically, and spiritually. Of course take all my words with a grain of salt since I am a sinner just like you and bound to make mistake. As always, God Bless you and may he bring truth and grace to our lives and our deaths.
Jesus Christ is not schizophrenic, in light of other clear scriptures when Jesus says believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved, he believes in me shall never die, he believes in me I give them everlasting life, The Bible says Jesus died once for the sins of the world, and is now seated at the right hand of the power of God, the Catholics are crucify Jesus Christ weekly if not daily, is actual blood was spilt once, So what you’re saying is if no one had the means to have communion hypothetically, you were saying they not saved, but if they believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, the Bible says they are saved, which is Catholics, the thief on the cross did not have communion, but he believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, you take one portion of scripture and form a whole doctrine around it and dismiss tons of other verses speaking only on believing forever everlasting life, Jesus said, do this in remembrance of me whenever you come together
It's when the Nativity of the Lord is celebrated, Christ's Mass..aka Christmas is a celebration of his birth during the cold harsh winter when people are reminded of the Hope of the world.
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The Holy Spirit is within Fr. Mike Schmits, I pray for him.
Amen! 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Yes and all the Eucharistic Miracles that have ever happened are more proof of this!
Amen! ❤🙏 I even got to witness a Eucharistic miracle myself
@@WillyR.R Thank God, you are so, so blessed 💝 ! ! !
😮❤ praise be to God
How can you be so sure that was really a miacle and not a fake thing? Just asking to know not for hate@@WillyR.R
WE LOVE YOUUU ENDLESSLY KING JESUS!!!!!!!!! 💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞
Amen Father Mike! The one true church, the universal church, the Catholic Church!
God bless you, Fr. Mike.
Thank you for your explanation .
Jesus is with you
Oh Sacrament Most Holy Oh Sacrament Divine All Praise and All Thanksgiving be every moment Thine ❤❤🌹🌹🙏🏽🙏🏽
AMEN
I want the rest of this sermon
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I've watched it a lot and shared with my kiddos. It's great.
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Glory to Christ!❤️🙏
❤🙏 Fr Mike , thank you for speaking this truth & helping our young ones undedstand this!!🙏❤
There are five mysteries to meditate on Eucharistic devotion. 1. the wedding feast at Cana (Jesus changes water 💦 into wine 🍷(John2:1-12) 2. multiplication of loaves and fishes (John 6:1-15). 3. the teaching on the bread of life (John 6:22-71). 4. the last supper (John 14:1-1726). 5. the road to Emmaus (John 24:13-35). Rev. Robert Stein wrote A Scriptural Rosary for Eucharistic Devotion
Amen!
Thank you father. Brought me some lights
If you’re struggling with your faith read “The Miracle Ship”. Also just put God first. Before family and everything else and watch your life turn around. God bless.
Thank you, Trinity.
He already gave it, once for all.
Jesus loves you
Great job love you
Amen!!!!
So funny and spiritually helpful at the same time 😂😂
I love Jesus as a prophet of God. Message of all prophets is same,, worship creator alone,, do good be away from bad deeds,, there is life after death good ones are awarded in heaven.
u made me believe in the real presence ❤
The Living Bread.
I’m gonna be disappointed if my boy doesn’t get canonized as a saint 😭
A fellow Catholic soulsborne fan I see
@@krater2137 Haha! I’m actually still waiting to be baptized. I come from a Protestant family but got sick of the lack of faith within our lives so I decided to join the Catholic Church. I’ve been praying the rosary every night and have been attending my local FSSP parish. Still a little impatient but one of my Catholic friends is trying to get our priest to baptize and confirm me early since I already know a lot about the church.
@@memesouls8653 based. God bless you.
Very interesting.
I would prefer a NKJV or NASB (not the McArthur) but an ESV would be okay too. Thanks to all who donated these beautiful Bible. And thanks Tim.
When Jesus says that He is the bread, and the bread is the flesh, this is a spiritual truth, it is not merely to mean that this is lowered down to a worldly secular literal understanding. The disciples took Jesus literally because they never heard anyone say that before. But we must focus on what Jesus means instead of how someone else thought it was in that moment. Jesus is talking about that accepting His sacrifice, the gift of salvation, is eternal life, that He is the way to eternal life, that He is the way the truth and the life and no one comes to the Father except through Him. It’s not about literally taking bread as His flesh and the wine literally as His blood. This is merely a communion, an ushering of welcome or introducing the truth to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. This is a thanksgiving to God through a physical symbolic feast of bread and wine in small amount
Where does he say that he will turn man made bread into flesh?
That was a while before the cross, why didn’t anyone try to eat his flesh while it was still on the earth?
Where does it say that he’ll come to the Alter in “humble obedience” to the priest as said by John O’Brian, and approved by the church.
Paul said that whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup you show Christ’s death until he returns. Shouldn’t Paul have said that you show Christ is here?
Through searching the scriptures, I can’t find where any Christians believed that the bread and wine were the true flesh and blood of Christ.
You should consider what ALL of the church fathers believed and taught. Perhaps 1,500 years of Christian history (until Zwingli and fellow heretics came along) are convincing?Or, maybe you are smarter than they were?
@@synergyenglishbrazilcommon Catholic argument for this....answer me this if Christ truly went it was his flesh and blood why didn't He carve himself up right there? Why did he use Bread and Wine as symbols of what He was saying? Also too...why didn't the Disciples take His body after crucifixion and start eating it?
@@Rancidice clarification: I’m Lutheran (LCMS). Your knee-jerk reaction is foolish. No need to debate this topic. I’ll trust the brilliance of the Apostolic and Church Fathers over mine or yours.
@@synergyenglishbrazil is Jesus a loaf of bread. Or a door?
@@synergyenglishbrazil John 6:32-40
32Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34“Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”
35Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 36But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. 39And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. 40For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”
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His grace is sufficient.
Sufficient for what? Might I add that if Jesus commands you to do something will you not do it? HIS GRACE works in you when you abide in Him
@marialepore4581 this is a great point Maria. Sufficient for what??? Love fr. Mike!! Such a good teacher!
If only that was the only passage in the Bible.
Yeah, his grace is sufficient. No one argues with that. Only the Lord can choose who joins him in eternal life. But at the same time why wouldn’t you utilize the gifts given by God and the church Jesus established? So yeah your faith alone might be “enough” to get saved, but why wouldn’t you strive to live a life of good works to help not only better yourself but also please our Lord. Faith and good works are one and the same.
I corinthians 11:18-34 , Also if isnt clear, let's remember the reaction from the jews within these verses from john 6:
52. (...) "How can this man give us (his) flesh to eat?"
60. "(...)This saying is hard; who can accept it?"
Jesus would explain any parable to His apostles, but He was insistant, to the point of saying to them:
61. (...) "Does this shock you? 62. What if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?
He is God, He said He is the bread of life, He want to give His grace directly, but we need to be clean, repentent.
Make too much sense after you reflect on the first letter to corinthians 11:18-34 a second time... why this respect towards a bread, said to be Body?
"UNLESS YOU EAT THE Flesh AND DRINK THE BLOOD OF THE SON OF MAN YOU SHALL NOT HAVE LIFE WITHIN YOU."
cannot be any more clear
We don’t produce literal fruits yet yeh Bible talks about fruits of the spirit ? The Bible has a ton of parables. Plus that many people leaving tells me it’s more than just eating Jesus. It’s also about giving up your worldly life. People don’t want to do that they can’t eat Jesus bread if life. The bread is Jesus. And Jesus is the way the truth and the life: he says I am the way the truth and the life. So eating his ways his truths and his life.
In His physical fleshly death is eternal life for those who believe in Him. The Eucharist is the symbolic manifestation of this belief. That’s how I’ve always understood it.
Except that it is NOT symbolic.
The bread is literally transformed into his body/flesh and the wine into blood when bread & wine is consecrated during the mass.
So literally Jesus’s body and blood is shed and poured FOR US at every mass.
@@dennisheng3239so the Mass essentially is resacrificing Christ each and every time? Uhh no
@@Rancidice I didnt say “re-sacrifice”.
I said CONSECRATED.
Consecration:
Consecration is, within the Holy Mass, the realization of the Sacrament of the Eucharist, by which Christians enter into "communion with Christ truly present in the consecrated Bread and Wine" (Pope Francis, Catechesis on the Holy Mass, March 7, 2018).
The Church has celebrated this Sacrament from the beginning, as recounted in Scripture: "And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers" (Acts 2:42).
This practice was the response to the desire of Jesus Christ himself during the Last Supper: "Do this in remembrance of me" (Lk 22:19; 1 Cor 11:24-25).
With these words Jesus asks his disciples to accept the gift of his sacramental presence and to repeat it "until I come again" (cf. 1 Cor 11:26).
@@dennisheng3239 "so literally Jesus' body and blood is shed and poured FOR US at every mass"
Isn't that what he already did on the cross? Why is it being done again every time during mass?
One and done my friend
@@Rancidice I literally just answered your question ☝️
If you were sincere about your question, you wouldn’t end it with a statement.
In any case, if you believe that its “one and done” then you are of course entitled to believe what you believe.
You don’t need to proselytize to me and your snarkiness is unnecessary.
And I am not asking any questions.
But thanks
He could have said “the bread that I give is my death” and that would be clear that his death (of his body) would be the sacrifice, but instead he says my flesh, which is very specifically his body and not just what his body dying signified …
John 6:51 it's also in the protestant Bible.
As Jesus told Thomas: Blessed are those who do not see, yet believe. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 11:29: “For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the body of the Lord.” Question, why would there be judgement on anyone IF IT’s ONLY A SYMBOL⁉️
Paul was addressing how the Corinths came to the Lord's Table...drunk and with wrong intentions. Paul clearly states this
If you think this should be taken literally , why not take everything literally. Without spiritual knowledge you end up like this guy
Jesus doubled down in how serious that was. Jesus says only a few times “amen, amen I say to you” to show that He is not speaking metaphorically. And He says it there in the bread of life discourse, a year later, He offers His body as, flesh and blood as bread and wine at the last supper.
Imagine I tell you that i love you but I merely give you something symbolic to express my love and not my own self....won't you wonder did I seriously love you?
the cross expresses Jesus’ love. Not communion. It’s symbolic. Not sure why Catholics think Jews would’ve been okay drinking human blood and drinking human flesh. If they thought that’s what it meant they never would’ve done it because it would’ve contradicted God.
Melchizedek offers bread and wine
THE WORD OF GOD:
Protestants use scripture (the word of God) while Catholics have Jesus Christ (the Incarnate Word of God) to interpret scripture. Scripture 📖 is something that…
- Satan and deceivers use (Matthew 4:5; Galatians 1:6-8),
- that is veiled (2 Corinthians 4:3),
- that people deceive themselves into believing that it offers “eternal life” (John 5:39).
The paradox of what Jesus said, that we do not “live by bread 🥖 alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4); we must remember that the WORD BECAME FLESH (John 1:14). It is this “flesh” (John 6:55) through which the “bread 🥖of life” (John 6:48) reveals the scriptures veiled meaning (2 Corinthians 3:14 & Luke 24:35) to His Church (1 Timothy 3:15).
It explains why there’s tens of thousands of Protestant denominations who interpret scripture the way Satan does: according to their perverted version. It also explains why there’s one ☝️ Catholic faith that is older and and larger than all Protestant denominations combined. It has Jesus Christ truly present in the Eucharist that interprets scripture for us just as He did for the two disciples on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-35).
SUPERNATURAL BREAD 🥖:
Do you think 🤔 that when Jesus Christ taught us to pray 🙏🏽 and inserted “give us this day our daily bread 🥖”, He was referring to normal food❓ No! He was referring to the Eucharist‼️ The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains: The usual Greek word for “daily,” hemera, is, after all, used elsewhere in the New Testament, but not in this instance. Why did St. Matthew and St. Luke feel compelled to create a new Greek word to accurately reflect the words of Jesus? They most likely had to use a new word to faithfully translate a novel idea or a unique Aramaic word that Jesus used in His prayer. What was Jesus’ new idea? Although there are multiple levels of meanings to epiousios, Jesus is making a clear allusion to the Eucharist. “Our daily bread” is one translation of a word that goes far above our basic needs for sustenance, and invokes our supernatural needs.
St. Jerome translated the Bible in the 4th century from the original Latin, Hebrew and Greek texts to form the Latin Vulgate Bible. When it came to the mysterious word epiousios, St. Jerome hedged his bets. In Luke 11:3, St. Jerome translated epiousios as “daily.” Yet, in Matthew 6:11, he translated epiousios as “supersubstantial.” The root words are: epi, meaning “above” or “super;” and ousia, meaning “being,” “essence,” or “substance.” When they are read together, we come to the possible translations of “super-substantial,” “above-essence,” or, in effect, “supernatural” bread. This translation as supersubstantial is still found today in the Douay-Rheims Bible. Taken literally, our supersubstantial bread is the Eucharist. (CCC 2837)
His flesh is spiritual food and it is a spiritual hunger feeding the 5 thousands is what he He will do for those how fallow Him spirit they will never thirst or hunger
Amen brother we got to spread the word. Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life. Jesus says eat my flesh, well if you add those two it’s eating his ways his truths and his life
Casey Anderson
Waooo you look like and artist.
🕍🛐🛐🌹💞🙏🙏🙏😇🕯️🕊️✝️
😂😂😂 McDonald's on sandals ❤
THE LAMB 🐑 OF GOD:
Why do you think John the Baptist called Jesus the “lamb of God” (John 1:29 & 1:36)? Jesus is the pascal lamb 🐑 to be sacrificed. The Passover tradition started when Moses and the Israelites sacrificed an unblemished lamb 🐑 . In order to have the angel of death 💀 to Passover them, THEY HAD TO EAT THE SACRIFICIAL LAMB 🐑 (Exodus 12:8).
Oh hahahaha you almond got us!
Acts 10:10-13
10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
Acts 10:34-36
34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
Ephesians 5:29-32
29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Who are the flesh and bones of Jesus Christ? The Ones God is making clean. Remember Jesus Christ and the woman at the well. Read the conversation he had with His disciples right after. What was the food they knew not of? To do the will of the One who sent Him and finish His work. He ate the same thing Peter was about to eat in Acts 10.
You know what doesn’t matter? How much someone understands this before they do it.
Matthew 12:46-50
46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Who are His brothers and sisters and church? Whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven…
Not the one who kneels down reverently to take the communion on the tongue and believes that they are literally chewing on roast Yeshua Hamashiach. Go read about Jesus Christ at the Passover supper with His disciples. They had no clue what they were doing. They just obeyed the Lord. Oooff course Peter argued a little but hey, it shows that Jesus even makes Priests out of married men. 🗡️
I don't get it mof. I'm not the only threat now. I'm not the only one who stopped the apocolypse, I've done my part, and now loads of people are doing it. It ended the moment I did my part; there was no more that threat should have got to me. Its done, the movement has happened, they're too late to stop it, it's now underway. I dont understand why Jesus doesn't just end this! They did a ritual to stop me imagining Heaven, any of us. They're too late, but because we've only ever lived somewhat connec5ed ti thr apocolypse, yknow some of this reasoning us not going to change quickly. So WHAT! I suffered so much because you didn't do anything, because God didn't do anything, because the pol8ce didn't di anything. I dint get it! What do I have to do to make them stop making me suffer?
Gross misinterpretation of v53-v58 because it is taken out of context of the verses preceding-v33 through v51. Praise be to Jesus!
Then he later shows them its unleavened bread and wine. At the Passover which is a symbolic dinner for remembrance. Moses offered unleavened bread at the temples for a symbol of faith. It sounded disgusting at first because he was testing their faith.
I still don't go so far as to accept full on transubstantiation, but as a person of Baptist heritage, I think an excellent (and likely correct) case can be made for belief in the real spiritual presence.
What a waste of faith ! ! !
But it is true. Check out the Eucharistic Miracles
Why doesn’t he wear a priest garb instead of pants?
Just curious. Is he allowed to get married?
Never
@@pam7533 - why?
@@b-man1232he’s a Roman Catholic priest. They can’t get married.
@@krater2137 - that's some serious dedication!!! Man is very handsome and would have NO problems getting the ladies!!
@@b-man1232 yeah, God had other plans tho
He wasn’t speaking symbolically he was referring to being God …stop it!
He was referring to the kingdom of God
he is the “word” of God
“for the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.”
Romans 14:17
“Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.””
John 18:36
@@michellerodriguez4717 Nah, Jesus is NOT there…
And why would I want to trap people? 😂
You believe what man tells you over the word of God.
“You must be born again to even see the kingdom of God”
@create773 You should read the whole thing, though, and not just puck it sentences here and there.
@create773 the challenge is to sit in front of Jesus and tell him he's not there..
@@LauraBeeDannon not a challenge at all I tell him right now because he’s not there, in what you call the Eucharist;
he lives in me!
I don’t have to go through a human to have access to him, the cross did that, through the shed perfect blood of Jesus I have access to the Father!
Sorry, I grew up Catholic and there’s nothing you can’t tell me to convince me otherwise, I used to believe what you believe because it’s what they told me.
You never receive him when you take the wafer, you’ll try and try and never reach him on your own …and that in itself opens the door to a spirit of condemnation that you’ll never be good enough.
You may feel him on the outside because he loves you and longs for you to invite him in. And you should!That, keeps you living the way you feel but never experiencing the true Lord of Lords. I do pray Catholics could see this.
“You must be born again” John 3:1-5
Get Free!
@@LauraBeeDannon you know I do 😂 but you can have the last word, means nothing against the truth.
I like this priest but his “S’s” when he speaks tell me why he became a priest
False interpretation of that text. False theology period. Turn away from this untruth before it’s too late.
Whose interpretation? That belief was also of Ignatius, St. John’s disciple. How could he have gotten it so wrong being John who wrote it and taught him? That wasn’t a theological issue until the Protestant reformation
John 6. Learn it, love it, and live it. Be catholic.
It is symbolic not literal
You are in error and creating division in Christ body
Please stop the disrespect
Jesus is basically McDonalds on sandals 😮 that’s probably the least reverent thing I’ve ever heard a Christian say about Jesus
IT'S A JOKE
Jesus has the best sense of humor, I'm sure He 😅
First rule of public speaking, “Know your audience.” He knows his audience-I believe he’s speaking to a crowd of college kids … they’re laughing and listening.
Were it a crowd of old folks like me, I doubt he would have used that joke to keep the audience’s attention.
Jesus has a sense of humour. I was helped by a suicide prevention society. So I bought a lottery ticket and said I’d give them it all. I forgot about the ticket and remembered about it after the draw. Before I went and looked at the results a voice in my head said “no matter what you give everything to the charity”. In my head I though if I win big I keep a small amount to buy a flat but give everything else away. Anyway. The thought of came and I agreed. I give it all away no matter what. I won.
£30
God has a sense of humour.
@Michael-pw2td It's funny when catholics try to claim ownership of the Bible and tell Christians to practice things God calls abominations.
Nobody ever ate Jesus or drank his blood…. Nobody ever…. It is only symbolic
Go to the last supper in the New Testament and tell me what Christ himself said. Did Christ say this is a symbol or did he say “This is”.
Please read your bible. Go to what Christ said at the last supper. Did Christ tell his disciples that the should Take,eat this is a symbol or did he say “Take,Eat for this IS”.
@@missyblu4983Thats not really a closed case argument for your position though. Simply because the wording can be read literally, doesn’t mean Jesus *meant* it literally. This is coming from the context of the fact most of His statements were symbolic towards a spiritual reality. In this case, the bread and wine calling towards His crucifixion that would occur the following day. The eucharist would mean nothing without the reality of the crucifixion, i.e why some claim it symbolic, because symbols point towards actual realities, they are not the reality themselves.
@@ricoparadiso some things yes they were parables. However there were other things that he said that did not need understanding.
Ask the early church fathers that brotha
"Man will not live on bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God." Jesus
Good luck arguing against that.
Bible literally can not have any controdictions. That means Jesus is either a liar or communion is symbolic.
The fact that Christ said not to live on bread alone doesn’t take away from John 6.
Take care.
@@luisaz8990 did Jesus eat his one flesh and drink his own blood? Which mean the human of Christ was present in the bread and simultaneously eating his body ? Can we attribute omnipresent what only God in his divine nature is ? I’m serious asking ?
@@MarvinAlvarez-fe4fl I don’t know what to tell you there. I wouldn’t overthink it. I just know that Christ’s words from scripture can be trusted.
@@luisaz8990 i agree but let’s not to misinterpret the scripture
@@MarvinAlvarez-fe4fl I can agree with that. I think that when in doubt of what scripture is really saying in certain parts, that we can refer to what the church has to say, as well as call on the Holy Spirit to illuminate our minds and perspectives. That’s how I feel, but I respect you regardless if you have a different point of view.
He's kind of annoying. Trying to hard to be liked
HOW WOULD YOU SAY IT?. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT MANY PEOPLE AND ABOUT GOD? I DOUBT THAT
He is likeable, you should definitely take notes
Bro you have the Buddha as your pfp. I think you have bigger things to worry about than how this priests keeps a crowd engaged
If you’ve got nothing nice to say, then don’t say anything at all. 🙂
That’s blasphemy, read the whole context, Jesus said, eating the bread is coming to him and drinking his blood is believing in him. This teaching is heresy
You see I do believe that and I’ve had arguments of if it’s the literal presence of Jesus. But I stumbled upon Eucharistic Miracles and thus sealed my faith and understanding that the Eucharist is a literal. To call it blasphemy and heresy is quite a stretch tbh.
@@antokaknee I’m no here to attack anyone, having a respectful and peaceful conversation. The issue, this person didn’t read the whole chapter, when Jesus said, eat my body and drink my blood, he was saying, eat his flesh is coming to him and drink his blood is believing in him. I have one question, when Jesus said few hours before his death, this is my body ( the bread) this is my blood ( wine ) did he drink and eat his own body ? In the Jews tradition of Passover, they had to drink the wine and eat the bread, if we gonna take it literally. Jesus ate is own flesh and drink is own blood.
@@antokaknee I call blasphemy and heresy bc it’s impossible that the human body of Christ is everywhere, the body of Christ is in heaven it can’t be in heaven and earth ( bread ) simultaneously. Otherwise the human body of Christ is no longer human, is divine, which contradict the hypostatic union of Christ, human nature and divine nature
@@MarvinAlvarez-fe4fl I see and understand your point you made because it does make logical sense when you put it that way. And yes I am also here to have a conversation.
In regards to your first comment, I'd like to challenge you on the interpretation of John 6, because upon reading the whole thing, the Jews assumed the exact same position as you have, 'How can Jesus give us his flesh for us to eat?' And Jesus doubles down by saying "Truly, truly / Verily verily," (depending on translation) and he reiterates that, "unless you eat the flesh from the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life within you." Yes I do agree there is symbolism to this phrase since he did say in the beginning and it also connecting to the Last Supper and his Crucifixion , but then again there is so much more to it since Jesus does not back from his own claim and even turns to his Apostles saying, "Will you not leave too?" even when many of his disciples left upon their assumption of him literally eating his flesh.
Thats the thing of why I believe the Eucharist is the literal Presence of Jesus, because for 1, he said so himself, and two he doubles down on this claim and challenges his followers if they will leave too like the many Jews that departed him from that day assuming that he gives his literal flesh and blood. Thats my overall quick take on this chapter which is what I am challenging you on.
@@MarvinAlvarez-fe4fl In regards to your second reply, I'd like to first start off by saying nothing is impossible with God so theologically speaking it can be, but I understand this is treading the line of Modalism and heresy I do realize that and people of the past have vastly discussed this too, please look at the Vatican 2 discussion where they did discuss the Eucharist topic in heavy debate as well, if you are willing to.
Anyways, the Catholic Church teaches that the Eucharist is the 'presence' of God (who is both human and divine), this is where the well known term transubstantiation is used, because yes in mass they use the wafer and wine, while the material may be the same, the essence of it changes into the presence of God for us to eat and drink. Saint Thomas Aquinas, does a much better job of explaining this so please look it up if you are ever so willing.
I do understand your standpoint and I am not here to invalidate it because I did have that standpoint for when discerning my faith, I am merely here to challenge you in your understanding and see if it stands up, biblically, historically, and spiritually. Of course take all my words with a grain of salt since I am a sinner just like you and bound to make mistake.
As always, God Bless you and may he bring truth and grace to our lives and our deaths.
Jesus Christ is not schizophrenic, in light of other clear scriptures when Jesus says believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved, he believes in me shall never die, he believes in me I give them everlasting life, The Bible says Jesus died once for the sins of the world, and is now seated at the right hand of the power of God, the Catholics are crucify Jesus Christ weekly if not daily, is actual blood was spilt once, So what you’re saying is if no one had the means to have communion hypothetically, you were saying they not saved, but if they believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, the Bible says they are saved, which is Catholics, the thief on the cross did not have communion, but he believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, you take one portion of scripture and form a whole doctrine around it and dismiss tons of other verses speaking only on believing forever everlasting life, Jesus said, do this in remembrance of me whenever you come together
His Ego is so annoying...
showman ....so shallow!
Jesus got a Wikipedia page and his bday not on Christmas Day😂😂😂😂
It's when the Nativity of the Lord is celebrated, Christ's Mass..aka Christmas is a celebration of his birth during the cold harsh winter when people are reminded of the Hope of the world.
Jesus was born on Christmas Day
Amen✝️
Amen