[Grem] Úr napja / Krisztus Szent Teste és Vére ünnepe igéi

[Emoke Greschik]

*Friends, today’s Gospel focuses on the spiritual power of the Eucharist.
The central claim of the Catholic Church is that Jesus is substantially
present under the forms of bread and wine. *His presence is not





*simply evocative and symbolic, but rather real, true, and substantial. To
verify this scripturally, look at the accounts of the Last Supper in
Matthew, Mark, and Luke—and also in Paul. But look especially at the sixth
chapter of John’s Gospel. Jesus says, “Unless you eat the flesh of the Son
of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.” But when they object,
Jesus does not soften his language; he intensifies it. This is the ground
for the Church’s defense of the Real Presence. How can we make sense of it?
It has everything to do with who Jesus is. If he were simply an ordinary
human being, his words would have, at best, a symbolic resonance. But Jesus
is God, and what God says, is. Thus, when Jesus’ words over the bread and
wine are spoken, they change into what the words signify. They become
really, truly, and substantially the Body and Blood of the Lord.*
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