These new relationships of being also allow a deeper understanding of transubstantiation, the changing of
bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ, Christ's risen body, as a new relationality of being.
Now the change at Mass of
bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ occurs immediately at the words of consecration and remains as long as the appearances of bread and wine remain.
Some miracles are regular in occurrence (e.g., the change of
the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ in the sacrament, according to the Roman Catholic view), while some are unique (as in Christ's resurrection).
You likely deny evolution and global warming for no other reason than it makes you uncomfortable and hold science to the impossibly high standard of having to explain every conceivable mystery about the natural World before you will accept it, but some moron at a pulpit doing magic hand signals of a Sundaymorning is enough to convince you he is communicating with some sky - god and turning grocery store
bread and wine into flesh and blood.
Not exact matches
Said stories were so popular that they grew
into a religion known today as Catholicism / Christianity
and featuring dark - age, daily
wine to blood
and bread to body rituals called the eucharistic sacrifice of the non-atoning Jesus.
This is completely reflected in the teaching of the Church that in the Eucharist the
bread and wine are changed by transubstantiation
into Jesus Himself in Person:
The conversion of the
bread into the Body of Christ (
and the
wine into the Blood of Christ) must be a conversion of a unique kind.
This would require the courts to come to grips with the significant stupidity of bodily resurrections, changing
bread and water /
wine into bodies
and blood, atonement of sin et al..
His Body
and Blood can not really be separated... But in the Mass, the
bread is first changed
into our Lord's Body,
and then the
wine is changed
into His Blood.
So lets not kid ourselves that Jesus wants us to believe that when the
bread and wine are blessed by the human priest it is changed literally
into Jesus body
and blood.
Millions
and millions of Christians believe that
bread and wine turns
into the actual flesh
and blood of a dead Jew from 2,000 years ago because:
During the Last Supper on the night before His arrest, trial,
and crucifixion, Jesus shared the Passover Meal with His disciples
and imbued new symbolism
into the
bread and wine.
Here's a list of things we should test... 1) Worldwide floods 2) Seas parting at the command of a person 3) talking snakes, donkeys,
and bushes 4) People spontaneously turning
into pillars of salt 5) a few loaves of
bread and some
wine feeding thousands 6) instantaneous healing of disease 7) worlds forming in 6 days 8) words forming on stone tablets without the assistance of a living creature 9) people walking on water 10) resurrection on command
If Jesus could multiply fish
and loaves of
bread to feed hungry people,
and turn water
into wine to give people more to drink, what's the harm in transforming a few stones
into bread to satisfy his own hunger?
Millions
and millions of Catholics believe that
bread and wine turns
into the actual flesh
and blood of a dead Jew from 2,000 years ago because:
For me I do believe in the Sacraments
and the role they play in Salvation - Jesus did change
wine into this blood
and the
bread into his body during the last supper
and told believers to do this in his memory
and he did foreshadow what would happen on the Cross he gave up his life so we maybe could be saved, because not all who profess Christ is Lord or believe in God will be saved, there are many people who claim they can abuse, sleep around, steal, cheat
and that they'll still go to heave because 1 day they said the sinner's prayer, actions speak louder then words.
While modern science, history, geology, biology,
and physics have failed to convince you of the deep inanity of your silly faith, some priest doing magic hand signals over grocery store
bread and wine is enough to convince you it is thereby transformed
into the flesh
and blood of Jesus, because of the priest's magic powers (or «sacred powers» if you prefer the more euphemistic term).
Jesus» ability to instantaneously change water
into wine and replicate
bread sure kept expenses down.
It feels like the goodness of
bread and the movement of dipping that
bread into a cup of
wine.
Resurrection feels like the
wine running down your fingers
and into the palm of your hand as you hold up that piece of soaked
bread and then you put it on your tongue
and push it up against the roof of your mouth, tasting
and seeing.
While modern science, history, geology, biology,
and physics have failed to convince you of the deep inanity of your silly faith, some priest doing magic hand signals over
bread and wine is enough to convince you it is thereby transformed
into the flesh
and blood of Jesus because of the priest's magic powers (or «sacred powers» to the extent you see a difference).
I am trying to find out when it happened that the Lord's Supper turned
into a highly ritualized service using a tiny quantity of
wine or grape juice
and unleavened
bread.
Jesus said to eat the
bread and drink the
wine in rememberance of Him... that whole voodoo crap about it turning
into to body
and blood really disgusting...
and an abomination....
And probably feeling content, though he sinks slowly backwards into the vagueness of the vagrant animals and the unconsciousness of the grass» even when God was man in Palestine, and lives today in bread and wine, and is just waiting to be fou
And probably feeling content, though he sinks slowly backwards
into the vagueness of the vagrant animals
and the unconsciousness of the grass» even when God was man in Palestine, and lives today in bread and wine, and is just waiting to be fou
and the unconsciousness of the grass» even when God was man in Palestine,
and lives today in bread and wine, and is just waiting to be fou
and lives today in
bread and wine, and is just waiting to be fou
and wine,
and is just waiting to be fou
and is just waiting to be found.
Nevertheless, to be a Christian is to believe that the truth found in the Bible is the very same truth we enter
into by way of baptism, the same truth we confess in our creeds, the same truth we receive in the
bread and wine of the Eucharist.
At the moment when the words of consecration were correctly completed, the substances of
bread and wine were «transubstantiated»
into the body
and blood of Jesus.
Given my belief that communion
wine can be validly consecrated
into the Blood of Christ,
and communion
bread into the Body of Christ, we can now cue all the folks who will make jokes about cannibalism, etc. (just as the Romans did about early Christians — very little anti-Christian humor is original).
It seemed to me as if, in all he did that evening at the table, he too was finding meaning
and enlightenment, as if, in breaking
bread and pouring
wine, our Lord himself was being led — as we were through him —
into a new
and richer comprehension,
into a full
and final revelation that this, of course, was why it must be so — that only as a grain of wheat falls to the ground
and dies can it arise again
and bring forth ripe new grain to form the loaf that feeds a hungry world.
They had drunk the
wine he told them was his blood
and put
into their mouths the
bread he told them was his body,
and thus with something of his courage in them they asked him a question they had never risked asking so helplessly
and directly before.
I am not about to get
into the complex history
and debate surrounding consubstantiation (the Lutheran view)
and transubstantiation (the Catholic view), except to say that both, in one way or another, see the
bread and wine as becoming something more than just
bread and wine,
and in this way, the elements become holy
and impart grace to the believer.
At one point they actually believe that grocery store
bread and wine changes
into the flesh
and blood of Jesus because their priest performs some special ceremony over it.
By 1673, across Ireland, military
and civil officials were required to swear by oath that
bread and wine could not be turned
into the Body
and Blood of Jesus Christ.
The Faith theology of what happens in the change of
bread and wine at Mass
into Christ's own Body
and Blood involves a quite different philosophical framework from that of St Thomas Aquinas: Faith draws on a modern view of the co-relativity of all matter; Aquinas depends more on an Aristotelian system of form
and matter.
I am (a) a delusional schizophrenic; (b) a naïve child, too young to know that that is silly (c) an ignorant farmer from Sudan who never had the benefit of even a fifth grade education; or (d) your average Christian Millions
and millions of Catholics believe that
bread and wine turns
into the actual flesh
and blood of a dead Jew from 2,000 years ago because: (a) there are obvious visible changes in the condiments after the Catholic priest does his hocus pocus; (b) tests have confirmed a divine presence in the
bread and wine; (c) now
and then their god shows up
and confirms this story; or (d) their religious convictions tell them to blindly accept this completely fvcking absurd nonsense.
Whether they fed on him by faith in their hearts with thanksgiving by eating the
bread and drinking the
wine with «him at meal, or whether they gratefully permitted him to wash
and dry their feet before the meal in anticipation of being cleansed by his blood on the cross, the meaning of both symbols was the same: We are saved from sin
and transformed
into new creatures in Christ Jesus only as we freely
and gladly receive from him the benefits of his passion
and death on the cross for our redemption.
2 c dry cranberry or heirloom bean mix, soaked overnight 1/2 onion, peeled
and cut in half 1 carrot, peeled
and cut in quarters 1 stalk celery, cut in quarters 1/2 bunch dandelion greens 4 white endive, halved the long way 2 heads Chioggia radicchio, outside leaves removed, cut
into eights 4 pieces sweet
and sour cippolini onions, quartered (recipe below) 2 Tbsp white
wine vinegar 6 slices day - old
bread 1 clove garlic, smashed Extra virgin olive oil Salt Pepper
2 tablespoons butter 1 cup onions, thinly sliced (1 medium onion) 15 garlic cloves, smashed 1 cup Pinot Gris or other dry white
wine 1/4 bunch of fresh thyme, chopped, no stems 1 quart vegetable stock 1 bay leaf 2 cups of French
bread, cubed
into 2 ″ pieces 3/4 cup heavy cream Salt
and pepper to taste Chives for garnish
Ingredients 1 1/2 pounds green beans *, trimmed
and cut
into bite sized pieces 2 Tbsp butter 1 Tbsp olive oil 1 small onion, diced 8 ounces mushrooms, sliced 2 cloves garlic, chopped 2 sprigs fresh thyme salt
and pepper to taste 2 Tbsp flour 1/2 cup dry white
wine 1 cup vegetable or chicken broth 1/2 cup heavy cream 1/2 cup gruyere cheese, grated salt
and pepper to taste 1/4 cup french fried onions 2 tablespoons butter, melted optional 1/2 cup panko
bread crumbs optional
Poached eggs, tahini
and pan-fried avocado 2 tbsp white
wine vinegar4 fresh medium free - range eggs (see Know - how) 2 tbsp olive or coconut oil2 just ripe avocados, cut
into 1 cm thick slices4 thick slices fresh
bread (such as sourdough or rye
bread; see Jo's introduction) 3 tbsp tahini, plus extra to serve1 tsp sumac1 tsp toasted sesame seedsExtra - virgin olive oil for drizzlingSqueeze lemon juice (optional) 01.
Sticky Vietnamese pork meatballs with rice noodles
and pickled vegetables For the meatballs 3 garlic cloves, crushedLarge thumb - size piece fresh ginger, grated2 lemongrass stalks, tough outer leaves removed, finely choppedZest 1 lime500g British free - range pork mince2 tbsp finely chopped fresh coriander 1/2 -1 red chilli, deseeded
and finely chopped2 tsp fish sauceVegetable oil for frying For the quick - pickled vegetables 70 ml fish sauce100ml rice
wine vinegar2 tbsp caster sugarJuice 2 limes3 tbsp warm water2 tsp sea salt flakes400g carrots, julienned1 daikon or 300g radishes, julienned or finely sliced Poached eggs, tahini
and pan-fried avocado 2 tbsp white
wine vinegar4 fresh medium free - range eggs (see Know - how) 2 tbsp olive or coconut oil2 just ripe avocados, cut
into 1 cm thick slices4 thick slices fresh
bread (such as sourdough or rye
bread; see Jo's introduction) 3 tbsp tahini, plus extra to serve1 tsp sumac1 tsp toasted sesame seedsExtra - virgin olive oil for drizzlingSqueeze lemon juice (optional) 01.
I was initially going to put red
wine into this
bread, thinking how well it worked out for my red
wine cranberry nut
bread, but then I realized I had a bottle of porter left
and thought that might go even better with the chocolate
and cherries.
To make the the mojo picon sauce add a 1/2 inch thick slice of baguette
bread and 2 cloves of garlic to a baking tray
and into a pre-heated oven, bake
and broil option 210C - 410F for 15 minutes, after they have slightly cooled add the toasted
bread and roasted garlics to a tall plastic cylinder or food processor, also add 1 clove of raw garlic, 2 jarred roasted red bell peppers, 1/2 teaspoon of smoked paprika, 1/2 teaspoon of dried cumin, 1 teaspoon of white
wine vinegar, 2 tablespoons of water, 1/4 cup of extra virgin Spanish olive oil
and season everything with sea salt
and freshly cracked black pepper, using a handheld mixer or food processor, puree everything until it's well pureed, then transfer to a bowl
and set aside
Recipe at a glance time: 2 - 5 hrsserves / makes: 6recipe id: 19923 ingredients 1/4 cup
wine vinegar3 / 4 cup olive oil4 tablespoons lemon juice1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce1 tablespoon dried oregano1 teaspoon dried thyme2 cloves garlic, minced2 teaspoons red pepper flakes, to taste1 teaspoon salt2 pounds boneless pork loin, cut
into 1 - inch cubes6 thick slices Italian
bread directions Mix vinegar, oil, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce,
and spices for marinade.
Swiss Chard, Sausage, Apple,
and Dried Plum Stuffing: 12 ounces pitted dried California plums, about 20, halved 1/2 cup dry white
wine 1 (1 - pound) loaf sourdough
bread, cut
into 1 - inch pieces 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon olive oil 12 ounces Italian sausage, casings removed, crumbled 2 Granny Smith apples, cored, cut
into 1 / 2 - inch pieces 1 large yellow onion, chopped 8 green Swiss chard leaves, about 12 ounces, ends trimmed, leaves coarsely chopped 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened 2 tablespoons chopped fresh sage leaves 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 cup chicken stock
In front of it, once in a generation, someone was turned
into a monarch, while much more often,
bread and wine were transformed
into the body
and blood of Christ.
This often occurs when a patient I see starts to notice significant improvements in their psoriasis
and then starts to eat
bread again, drinks
wine or beer
and slowly slides back
into the dietary behavioral patterns they originally had which aggravated their skin problems.
According to the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia, Simons was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest at Utrecht in 1524, but quickly began to question some of the church's beliefs
and practices when, «while he was administering the Mass he began to doubt whether the
bread and the
wine were actually being changed
into the flesh
and blood of Christ.»
Dangriga is famous for its cassava, made
into cassava
bread,
and for cashew
wine, as well as for fish cooked in coconut milk, with a side of mashed / pounded plantain - a delicious dish called hudut.
Cassava is made
into bread, a drink, a pudding
and even a
wine!