Christ is Present in the Eucharistic Species. Christ is really present in the Eucharist, in the proper reality of His humanity and divinity, under the appearances of bread and wine.
The day before Jesus multiplied the loaves and fish to feed the multitudes, reminding them how God had fed the Israelites in the desert. When Jesus returned to Capernaum on the following day, the people asked Him what sign He would perform so that they might believe in Him. Would He give them bread from heaven as Moses had done? Jesus responded by saying that He Himself is the true bread come down from heaven; those who believe in Him shall have everlasting life.
Jesus says that the bread that He will give is His flesh for the life of the world. His flesh is real food and His blood real drink. Those who eat His flesh and drink His blood will have everlasting life! Let me solemnly assure you, if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has life eternal and I will raise him up on the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood real drink. The one who feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him. (Jn 6.53-56)
In Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
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