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Date Posted: 15:39:37 08/12/07 Sun
Author: Joan
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Subject: Re: I think............
In reply to: Barb 's message, "I think............" on 10:29:31 08/12/07 Sun

To echo what Neysa said, we were talking about the Eucharist. If you don't believe in it, you probably wouldn't feel anything "special" at a Catholic Mass. But if you do believe it, no other communion service compares.

It's not that we think other services have nothing going for them, it's that we beleive in the Eucharist as the real body and blood of Christ. When we go to another Christian church, we enjoy the readings and the sermon, but there is always that missing thing, the Eucharist.

The Eucharist, unlike in other Christian services, is the center of the Mass. Acutally it is the Mass. :-)

I think others don't always realize how important the Eucharist is. In other denominaitons, communion is a symbol. To Catholics, the Eucharist is in reality the body and blood of Christ. When the priest says "The body of Christ", he means it. When we say "Amen" in response, we mean it. :-)

The Eucharist isn't just another way of having a symbolic communion, so when we say that we don't feel God's presence, that's what we're talking about.

It's really not a bad thing to say, because no other Christian denomination claims that their communion is the actual body and blood of Christ. I'm not denying that they have the real presence in their communion, while they claim they do. They say they don't, and they claim that the Catholic Church also doesn't either. So it's really not a bad thing for a Catholic to say that they miss the feeling of God in the Eucharist when they visit other churches. It's the truth--even according to the other denominations. Of course, like I said, they don't think the Eucharist is the real body and blood either, so they probably think we're just nuts. :-)

Joan

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