Thank you, Jesus!

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So, I am getting over being sick, and I am not yet ready to get back into the deep theology that requires a study of Hebrews. When I'm finished, I'm probably going to write an article with links to all the articles. I don't know if I'll have enough time to write the remaining two articles for next one. Chapter 11 is the great “faith” chapter, and I already have it written down, it's the text I have to type (I usually use my own personal Bibles for that).
But, let's do a change of pace. I've done articles about gratitude before, but, in spite of myself, I am grateful to God for getting me over whatever illness I had. I don't like being sick. My mom found me, as a baby, cold and not breathing, so, having possibly died, once, I don't fear death. I fear not being ready for it.
I think, sometimes, we don't praise God enough. I mean, if you're Catholic, you already know that “Eucharist” means “thanksgiving”, and it's right in your Bible
So, am I angry at Protestants for not knowing that? Well, 1) Some Protestants DO know that, and, 2), I'm actually more angry at Catholics for not telling Protestants about it.
Some “Radical Catholic reactionaries” (I think Dave Armstrong came up with that term, but I'm not sure).
I can give Biblical arguments for Auricular confession, the sacrifice of the Mass/Divine Liturgy, chrismation/confirmation, marriage between one man and one woman, etc. But, if there were some way I could tell people, that they can receive the literal, physical, Jesus Christ, I will. And am doing just that.
I am aware I have a lot of audience that isn't Catholic. Thank you for your support!
But, as for me,
I'm not going to write the whole institution narrative, or each one, but when God himself says “this is my body” or “this is my blood”, we're supposed to believe him. When God said “let there be light”, there was light. (Genesis 1:3). If he says that bread and wine become his body and blood, then we are obligated to believe it. By the way, NOTHING in the text of the institution narrative, even implies pure symbolism.
Now, does this mean people who don't receive the Eucharist can't go to heaven? (see John 6:51). Absolutely not. It is NORMATIVELY necessary for salvation. It is the normal means (I.E, God acting through the Sacrament). Some people can't receive the Eucharist. Even though the appearance of bread and wine remain, the elements themselves become the body and blood of Jesus Christ. (Transubstantiation)
Now, you can get low gluten hosts (not NO gluten, low, it always has to have some), and you can get wine with low fermentation, which some Catholics recovering from alcoholism prefer (mustum).
By the way, technically, using leavened bread doesn't invalidate the Eucharist (no matter what some keyboard warriors think), or the Eastern Orthodox and most Eastern Catholics, wouldn't have a valid Eucharist.
As for me, I'll thank God every time I receive communion (contra Fr. Casey).
And, as promised, and you know what? I'll be ecumenical and use the King James Version. Ol' Jimmy isn't a bad translation, imperfect doesn't mean bad.
“And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to his disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for the remission of sins”. (Matthew 26:26-28)
That's the same kind of language as, I don't know, Genesis 1:3, “And God said, Let there be light: and there was light”Adam Charles Hovey is the founder of the Catholicism, news, and whatever community on Locals, and, if you would like to help him out, go here.