Episode 29: Year A – The Solemnity of the Body and Blood of the Lord In this episode of the Sunday Catholic Word, we reflect on the readings for this upcoming Solemnity of the Body and Blood of the Lord. There are two details that we focus on. The first comes from...
Jesus’ teaching in John 6—“eat my flesh … drink my blood”—is often the go-to passage to give biblical support for the belief in Christ’s Real Presence in the Eucharist. But many Protestants think we’re wrong in our interpretation, and they have reasons why they...
There’s nothing more awkward than leaning over and telling your second cousin that they should stay in the pew during Communion. Should you really tell them? What if I believe in the True Presence, but I’m not Catholic? Who makes the rules? In this clip from Catholic...
In a previous article, we said Catholics often present arguments for our beliefs without considering the assumptions our arguments rest on. Today’s example concerns John 6:53-58, which Catholics use to argue for Catholic theology on the Eucharist by assuming that...
Jesus’ Bread of Life discourse in John 6 is at the heart of the Catholic Church’s biblical justification for the Eucharist. Jesus identifies the “bread which comes down from heaven” (v. 50) as his “flesh” (v. 51) and commands both the Jews and his disciples present to...
