The Mass | The Eucharist
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the actual body (flesh), blood, and divinity of Jesus Christ is called down from heaven and miraculously transubstantiated into the Eucharistic wafers. The Holy Bible, however, is explicit concerning the return of Jesus Christ to this world.
The Catechism Says:
Para 1357 … bread and wine which, by the power of the Holy Spirit and by the words of Christ, have become the body and blood of Christ. Christ is thus really and mysteriously made present.
The Bible Says:
Hebrews 10: 10-14 … we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
The Catechism Says:
Para 1374 … In the most blessed sacrament of the Eucharist ‘the body and blood, together with the soul and divinity, of our Lord Jesus Christ and, therefore, the whole Christ is truly, really, and substantially contained, ‘This presence is called ‘real’…
The Bible Says:
Mathew 24:27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
The Catechism Says:
Para 1376 … that by the consecration of the bread and wine there takes place a change of the whole substance of the bread into the substance of the body of Christ our Lord and of the whole substance of the wine into the substance of his blood. This change the holy Catholic Church has fittingly and properly called transubstantiation.
The Bible Says:
Acts 1:9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel. Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
The Catechism Says:
Para 1380 It is highly fitting that Christ should have wanted to remain present to his Church in this unique way. Since Christ was about to take his departure from his own in his visible form, he wanted to give us his sacramental presence…
The Bible Says:
John 14:16-18 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter (the Holy Spirit), that he may abide with you for ever Even the Spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
According to the Bible Jesus was offered up on the cross for the sins of His people. After His death and resurrection, He was taken up into the clouds and is perpetually seated at the right hand of God the Father. Before His departure from this world, Jesus had many conversations in which He foretold the manner of His return. The Bible is clear that Jesus Christ will return in the same manner that He was taken up and that it will be just as obvious. Matthew 24:27 states, “For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” To put it in more simplistic terms, Jesus said that He would come back in bodily form just as when He departed, He in no way every mentions in His Word, that He would return in the from of a piece of bread.
Before He left, Jesus promised His followers to send the Holy Spirit to comfort and guide them, so they would not be as orphans. God has given us a spiritual presence of the Lord Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit, “… And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.” 1 John 5:6-7. “… And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever; Even the Spirit of truth, …ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you,” John 14:16-17.
It is imperative to know Jesus Christ spiritually by faith. For the written Word of God will bear witness to the real Messiah. And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not: For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. Mark 13:21-22. Have you come to know Jesus spiritually, are you trusting by faith in Him alone?