Friday, June 25, 2010

Heaven has nothing greater...

Food that Endures...

Recall Christ's words: "Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for that which endures unto life everlasting which the Son of Man will give" (John, 6:27). Only a Catholic priest, by the power of the Holy Spirit, can give us the Bread "which endures unto life everlasting," by changing bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ--the Sacred Host, the Holy Eucharist, the Blessed Sacrament. The bread and wine at Mass, "By the words of Christ and the invocation of the Holy Spirit, become Christ's Body and Blood" (Catechism of the Catholic Church, #1333).
Behind the high altar of the Benedictine Church of Ottobeuren in Swabia, Germany, there is a painting representing Christ, whose countenance radiates heavenly calm and divine majesty. On one side of him is Luther and on the other Zwingli. Beneath the picture is written: "Christ says, this is my Body; Luther says, this will become my body; Zwingli says, this represents my body."
Which of the three is correct: Jesus Christ, Martin Luther, or Huldreich Zwingli?
--Missionaries of the Blessed Sacrament, Plattsburgh, NY.(2000)

To my Protestant brothers and sisters, I would encourage historical research of the writings of Luther and Calvin in particular...you will find that they contain the doctrine of the Eucharist, and a hierarchal Church authority---found today unscathed in the only Church founded by Our Lord, the Catholic Church. The modern and post-modern distortions and disorder (over 38,000 Protestant denomination worldwide) have effectively removed these truths from the consciousness of Protestantism. From that research I exhort you to read and study in prayer the early Church fathers--I suggest the 3 Volume set by Jurgen. If you seek the Way, the Truth, and the Life--have courage to do so---this road will lead you home to the Mystical Body of Christ--His Church, the Catholic Church.

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