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Questions Covered:

  • 07:54 – How does St. Paul’s warning to not receive the Eucharist in a state of mortal sin work with the bishop’s ability to excommunicate?
  • 15:34 – I have a problem accepting that Christ is in the form of the Eucharist. How could this be his Body and Blood? The 12 disciples’ actions did not reflect reception of the Eucharist after the Last Supper. Wouldn’t they have behaved perfectly after receiving the Lord?
  • 24:34 – Is the Catholic Eucharist essential for salvation?
  • 33:30 – In John 6, Jesus uses language that indicates that his flesh was to be eaten and blood drunk. Why did he do that and then manifest it in the form of the bread and wine in the transubstantiation?
  • 43:25 – Why aren’t we required to take both the Body and the Blood? Didn’t Jesus say eat my Body, drink of my Blood?
  • 46:40 – At what point during the consecration of the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ?
  • 51:30 – If Jesus knew Judas was going to betray him, why was he chosen as a disciple and invited to the Last Supper?