Bishop Robert Barron's: The Eucharist
After Jesus said this, many of his followers left...
Among Christians, there’s lots of dispute about the Eucharist.Is it just a symbol or really the Body and Blood of Christ?
When Jesus taught about the Eucharist in the Gospel of John, he used powerful words, saying his followers must “eat his body and drink his blood.”
When his followers protested, he didn’t soften his language--he ratcheted it up. He said, “My flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.”
This caused many of his disciples to leave. They said it was just too hard to accept.
However, when Jesus asked his disciples whether they would leave too, Peter spoke for all Catholics then and now: “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of everlasting life.”
Watch this short video to learn more about this difficult teaching:
An excerpt from
CHAPTER THREE
IN THE LIGHT OF THE MASTER
78. Jesus offers a justice other than that of the world, so often marred by petty interests and manipulated in various ways. Experience shows how easy it is to become mired in corruption, ensnared in the daily politics of quid pro quo, where everything becomes business. How many people suffer injustice, standing by powerlessly while others divvy up the good things of this life. Some give up fighting for real justice and opt to follow in the train of the winners. This has nothing to do with the hunger and thirst for justice that Jesus praises.
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