Eucharistic Sacrilege
Regarding Eucharistic Sacrilege
By Eucharistic
sacrilege is meant---but is not limited to---the following:
1. Sacred Species spilled and not properly
purified.
2. Sacred Species disposed-of in wastebaskets or
sewer drains.
3. Tabernacle keys being left in the tabernacle,
resulting in invasive sacrilege.
4. The Exposed Blessed Sacrament abandoned.
5. Regular reception of Holy Communion in a
state of public disobedience to Church law.
6. Being in the heretical state of admitting disbelief
in the True Presence of Christ in the Eucharist.
Belief in the True Presence of Christ in the Eucharist is not difficult---it is no more difficult than believing that the sun will indeed shine tomorrow. If we can believe that God created the universe from nothing and Incarnated Himself into the physical Person of Jesus Christ, as Jesus Christ, The Eternal Word, why is it that some of the faithful think that He cannot Incarnate Himself into physical bread and wine for the purpose of communing with our intimate personhoods---especially when He said in Sacred Scripture that He would do so? (John, Chapters 1 and 6; then 1 John, Chapter 1)
In one succinct
statement, (CCC: 1374)
“In the most blessed
sacrament of the Eucharist "the body and blood, together with the soul and
divinity, of our Lord Jesus Christ and, therefore, the whole Christ is truly,
really, and substantially contained."
The belief in
the above statement from the Catechism of the Catholic Church is plainly and
visibly supported by Sacred Scripture. The following quotations show a progression of Eucharistic faith in Christ’s Words and the words of
“I am the living bread that came down
from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I
will give is my flesh for the life of the world. Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the
flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has
eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food,
and my blood is true drink.
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the
living Father sent me and I have life because of the
Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven.
Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live
forever." (John 6:
51, 53-58 NAB)
After Jesus
spoke the above, many of His disciples left Him---as many of the faithful do
today. But St. Peter said:
“Master, to whom shall we
go? You have the words of eternal life.” (John 6: 68 NAB)
At the Last Supper, the first Mass, with Jesus acting as both Priest
and Victim, He finally taught the apostles what He meant when He said that they
must eat His flesh to have eternal life.
He didn’t have to say anything new---He just showed them what He previously
meant by giving them the command that would allow them to call His True
Presence, as Priest and Victim again and again, to Incarnate Himself in the forms
of bread and wine at the Consecration at the Mass:
“Then he took the bread, said the blessing, broke it, and
gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body, which will
be given for you; do this in memory of me.’
And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying,
‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which will be shed for you.’”
(Lk22:19-20 NAB)
At the second
Mass with Jesus as Priest and Victim, which took place after the walk on the
road to Emmaus, the two disciples (one was Cleopas,
who was not at the Last Supper) that were with Him finally recognized Jesus as
being Present in the Holy Eucharist that they received from His hands.
Firstly, Jesus
instructed His fellow travelers concerning Himself in the Holy Scriptures:
“And he said to them, ‘Oh,
how foolish you are! How slow of heart to believe all that the prophets
spoke! Was it not necessary that the
Messiah should suffer these things and enter into his glory?’ Then beginning with Moses and all the
prophets, he interpreted to them what referred to him in all the scriptures.”
(Lk24:25-27
NAB)
Secondly, Jesus,
as Priest and Victim, offered Himself in the bread that He consecrated in this
second Mass:
“And it happened that,
while he was with them at table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it,
and gave it to them. With that their
eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight. Then they said to each other, ‘Were not our
hearts burning within us while he spoke to us on the way and opened the
scriptures to us?’ So they set out at
once and returned to
The structure of
the second Mass, above, provided for the following:
1. Repentance to
Truth: “Were not our hearts burning within us”
2. Liturgy of
the Word: “Then
beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them what referred to him in
all the scriptures.”
3. The
Consecration: “…while he was with them at table, he took bread, said the
blessing”
4. The Communion: “…broke it, and gave it
to them”
5. Thanksgiving
for their experience: “…they set out at once and
returned to
“The cup of blessing that we bless, is it
not a participation in the blood of Christ?
The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the
body of Christ?” (1Cor10:16
NAB)
“Therefore whoever eats the bread or
drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and
blood of the Lord. A person should
examine himself, and so eat the bread and drink the cup. For
anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks
judgment on himself.”
(1Cor11:27-29
NAB)
In the fourth
century,
“As food He gave the bread
descended from Heaven: If we are worthy, let us eat.”
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The two marks of
the true Roman Catholic faith in a parish are evident devotion to the Eucharist
and the Mother of God. Devotion to the Heart
of Jesus in the Eucharist and the heart of Mary as our Loving Mother will carry
the faithful through to martyrdom---and the Church will be reborn only of those
with faith like this. The rest will walk
away.
Litany of the Precious Blood of Jesus
V. Lord, have
mercy on us.
R. Christ, have mercy on us.
V. Lord, have
mercy on us,
Christ, hear us.
R. Christ, graciously hear us.
V. God, the
Father of Heaven,
R. Have mercy
on us.
V. God the Son,
Redeemer of the world,
R. Have mercy
on us.
V. God, the Holy Spirit,
R. Have mercy
on us.
V. Holy Trinity,
One God,
R. Have mercy
on us.
For the
following: V. Blood of Christ, .…. R.
Save
us.
Blood of Christ,
only-begotten Son of the Eternal Father, save us.
Blood of Christ,
Incarnate Word of God, save us.
Blood of Christ,
of the New and Eternal Testament, save us.
Blood of Christ,
falling upon the earth in the Agony, save us.
Blood of Christ,
shed profusely in the Scourging, save us.
Blood of Christ,
flowing forth in the Crowning with Thorns, save us.
Blood of Christ,
poured out on the Cross, save us.
Blood of Christ,
price of our salvation, save us.
Blood of Christ,
without which there is no forgiveness, save us.
Blood of Christ,
Eucharistic drink and refreshment of souls, save us.
Blood of Christ,
stream of mercy, save us.
Blood of Christ,
victor over demons, save us.
Blood of Christ,
courage of Martyrs, save us.
Blood of Christ,
strength of Confessors, save us.
Blood of Christ,
bringing forth Virgins, save us.
Blood of Christ,
help of those in peril, save us.
Blood of Christ,
relief of the burdened, save us.
Blood of Christ,
solace in sorrow, save us.
Blood of Christ,
hope of the penitent, save us.
Blood of Christ,
consolation of the dying, save us.
Blood of Christ,
peace and tenderness of hearts, save us.
Blood of Christ,
pledge of eternal life, save us.
Blood of Christ,
freeing souls from purgatory, save us.
Blood of Christ,
most worthy of all glory and honor, save us.
V. Lamb of God,
who takes away the sins of the world,
R. Spare us,
O Lord!
V. Lamb of God,
who takes away the sins of the world,
R. Graciously
hear us, O Lord!
V. Lamb of God,
who takes away the sins of the world,
R. Have mercy
on us!
V. You have
redeemed us, O Lord, in your Blood.
R. And made us, for our God, a kingdom.
Let us pray:
Almighty and
eternal God, you have appointed your only-begotten Son the Redeemer of the
world, and willed to be appeased by his Blood. Grant we beg of you, that we may
worthily adore this price of our salvation, and through its power be
safeguarded from the evils of the present life, so that we may rejoice in its
fruits forever in heaven. Through
the same Christ our Lord. R. Amen.