Body Of Christ

  

 

 

 

The Eucharist

 

 

Most faithful Catholics are concerned by what is going on in the Catholic Church.

That is a good sign. It is important to verbalize it, to explain what is wrong, and 

why it is wrong.

 

The next move is then to find a way to improve the situation; what to do, 

and how to do it?

 

Our human tendencies will be to protest loudly and to get stuck in a prolonged 

revolt, which will lead to, inevitably, sooner or later, one way or another,   

a separation from the Church. 

We should never forget about Luther, he is our best reminder as to what happens 

when we go down the route of loudly revolting and protesting, when it 

becomes political.  We must avoid that.

The best way is to focus on sanctifying ourselves, all the time keeping the focus 

on Him, The Holy One, who has redeemed us from our own sins. 

This will take up all our time and concentration.

And that is the purpose of the Church; to sanctify us.

It is also worth keeping in mind that the outrages and the betrayal of Christ 

taking place within the ranks of the clergy today, is not a new phenomenon. 

But our response must never be to go to war, it must be to imitate Christ, 

who did not fight nor justify Himself when He was tortured and put to death 

on a Cross.

Remember that it wasn't even the civil authorities who wanted Him dead 

those 2000 years ago,   

it was the authorities in the top ranks of the church of the time  

(the Jewish temple); 

the High priests, who insisted on it.

 

We don't need to delve into Church history, apart from realizing that from the 

Beginning the world has always tried to kill God, by it's revolt and 

disobedience, it will no doubt continue to do so.

 

God who created everything, and who created human beings in His image, 

can not be killed off, it is simply illogical; as He is the Source of Life.

We must become more aware of the sacredness of Life, and  our words and 

actions must always strive to reflect His Life in us.

 

I do not know exactly when it became common practice to have 

Ministers of The Eucharist in the Catholic Church, neither do I know why, 

I only imagine than that it had to do with practical reasons, 

to reduce the time of Holy Communion during Mass.

 

It was a grave mistake; The Holy Mass is an offering and sacrifice, 

at the moment of the priest's Consecration, by the act of  Transubstantiation,

The Eucharist is the Real Body and Blood of Our Lord.

Jesus taught his apostles how to offer Mass and to give his Real Body and Blood 

to those who believe in Him during the Holy Sacrifice of The Mass.

   

When the Church delegates that to non priests, to lay people who often do not 

even  believe in the Real Presence, it is easy to understand that it undermines 

the Church herself, it takes the sacred and makes it profane. 

After that had been normalized it is easy to understand why so few of the ones 

who comes to the table of Our Lord in Holy Communion goes to Confession.

Because Holy Communion has been made "easily available",  the other 

Sacraments have lost their full meaning, depht and significance too.

A true and genuine Confession is not easy nor comfortable, but it is the only 

way for serious sins to be removed, there are no short cuts. 

Just like there ought not to be any short cuts at Mass, ("to save time"), 

because during Mass we enter into the Timeless.

 

To present oneself for Holy Communion without ever reflecting on personal 

behavior and examination of one's conscience, without confessing our sins 

and without making reparation for them, is a sacrilege. It can not possibly 

increase His presence in us, as He can not operate in a person that is ignorant 

and closed. Doing so works against us, it increases our pride and arrogance.

  

The Sacraments of the Church has been brought down to a level of the world, 

the supernatural has been greatly diminished.

 

The Eucharist must be received with the greatest reverence, and ought to only 

pass from the hands of a consecrated priest.

 

It is not modernization, as in a good thing, to use ministers of the Eucharist; 

it is rather following the culture of the world of instant food, and instant 

satisfaction in everything.

But the teaching of Jesus Christ in the Catholic Church is not of this world!

It is the opposite, it is contrary to human nature, that is why we must not lean 

on our human nature.

Jesus was God and human, but His human nature was entirely filled with 

God's substance.

All people that are baptized in the name of The Father, The Son and 

The Holy Spirit are Children of God. 

Practicing Catholics makes up the Church. 

In order to participate actively in her continual need of restoration for the sins 

committed against her, very often from the inside, we must understand the 

value of the Sacraments, and live them.

 

It is the same principle as in life in general people will recognize that 

"without pain there is no gain",

and that good results are only obtained by putting in time, effort and sacrifices.

Only this will improve things in the Church.

 

Continued protests will not have a good result, again think of Martin Luther.

Then, visualize Jesus, infinite powerful, God Himself, soft and humble at heart, 

carrying his cross without protest, trusting in the will of God the Father, 

who was the same as Himself. 

Doing the will of God will always improve things.