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By. KicHARD Fredkhick LiTTLKnALK, LL.l)., D.OL P;-ies< o/'iJ/ie tVi^MvV* of JJmjlaud. I • *J't?^,® Christian Church teaches, and has alwavs tauo-ht tl,«t m the Holy Communion, after Consecration, the Body and Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ are "verilv and indflPd '' ino^^f .,°^ Altar under the forms of Bread andVine ^ ''"* ^^ ^^" v,nT ■?;♦ ^*''' G^^^^\ also teaches that this Presence depends on Gon'« will, not on man's belief, and therefore that h-ul ^nH ZL^ , receive the very same Thing in confZ,ica?ing, hr.o<S 1^^^^ beneht, the bad for their condemnation "" ° ^'^ *^®" IV. The Body and Blood present arc that same Bodv and Rlnn^ which were conceived by the HolyGhost, borrfS'theX^n Sv rof^^lr*^'"..^"*^"' ^'^^^'' ••^^^^"^'^ into Heaven%ut^they S eaitr W. '? u *"^ ""'""''■ ^' *^«>^ ^^^^-"^ ^^'J^«» Christ waZd on earth. He, as Man, is now nahtmUy in Heaven, there to be f ill th« Last Day, yet He is mpematurcMy, and just as tru^^! px^sent n the Ho^- Communion, ,n some way which 4 cannot exSain bu onlv BodJ'hi'r'''°^f^ '^1^°' '^^^*«^"«« He rose from^tl e dead H^ S K ', ™T^ ^^^'^ ^"'"^^ P^^«»'«' a« He showed by passing through closed doors. (S. John xx, 19). "^ passing This is the Doctrine of the Real Presence. Ihere is nothing else in the world at all like it, but two common things may give some little help to us in tiying t<; undertaTr f h« 1 fT w '' '" ^\^ '^^' ""^ "" vast distance from us, shiS over the ea^-th. We can collect hi^rays in a burning-glass, or rSthZ back from a mirror, so as to bring the heat anf ligl^t very do^e S ?«; ho^m''- *^^ '"" ^"V« *"^'3^ P^-«««»t' *!»« burniLXf and mi^ ror could give us no notion of his shining. The Blefsfd 4c?amen; Isew''"'"^^"^''"' '"'^ "" "^^^^'^^' *^ ^^'^"g *^« love of Ssr It could not do this if it were only a memorial of Him anv h. Two people, parted bv the whniA Afio«f;„/^ verse with one another by tefegraph ~ The^nlu^k whrcTsV JS« f''"°" one end of the cable is at^the ofhe?Llnsto^^^^^^^ Withn^ ?t"f force IS kept up, so long will the communiSn go on ^ h n? f?".' wonderful, unseen power, the cable, and the strong wish ot the two people to speak with each other, <i«ld do notWng^ I nlJ • . ,*> ! >»»<■«■*»»• and Dw1„fXr'a3fes:'St "^'r" ^•''^™ ""O -■">. without leaving HeaC comedown to im through it,' Luke (..xii 19, 20), andl & Afii.^'jf '5') S'olf'u'A^; Fip8t^°"tL"n,?J'f''Rl'''°"''"''', ^t '"'™ ""•^'^ ""»■«. from S. Paul not the C„„,n:u^r/t.^S"^;„f^^„»^J^ 't^^XX' '" " .^trt^iL-irru^T.-^^^^ Against these eight most solemn snvino-s of th« him i SaiSltlBe ont&.'l°gl;iit 1 fr«">»' from thejettei. for that aside, if itT« tr-uel1,rt tte"rw:tT„ri".:, Jfi ?^^^ eating the flesh an( only that they took eating the flesh and drinkin^ in his lessons Jews used often to speak of disciples the blood of their teacher, meaning why were they so startled when I' f Christ spoke of it to them? Why did they say «IIow can this Man give us His Flesh to eat?" (S. John vi. 52), and whv did even His disciples call it "a l.ard saying?" (c) In Icf It IS not Irno that the woi-ds, wherever else thoy occur n the B We denote anything but their plain meaning. Here are all the toxte rxvH? '^^"^T ''""^•. ^r: t"^"'- 29; Numb, xxiif. 2^; £t yoirself ^ ^'^*'''- ^''''^ ''''^ ^^^ ^'^^^^ ^^r th«v"ioM"!/7^ ^Y"" *l"u ""PP?*^"' ^^'^'^ ^^^^ *^0'^' «^^n fle«l»> and Isahih xlix. 26^'"^ ""'^^ *^'^'' ''''" '''°°^' ^^ ^^^'^ «^««t wine." wJth'+hnT *f^^I?"'".!? '^'■""^^" "^•''^ ^'^^ '^^oo^ «f the Saints, and with the blood of the Martyrs of Jesus." Eev. xvii. 6 Does this '^:^^ZZ^r-'' ^^^'^^^'^^ ^"^ lov^the-teaching of thenS'yLl'uniol': ^'"^^^^- ^^' «• "^^^^ ^^ nothing to do with ^l?i*im- (a) No one ever thought of saying so till a Roman Cardmal named Ca etan (who died tn 1534), tirst ventured to 2o ?t^ because he was hard pressed by some Protestants who quoted that chapter as an argument lor giving the Cup to the laity, (b). Unless fothtJlZ tf r""''. '^'f ^""^y CommUion, the/s.Vohn says nothing about that most so em n rite, though it forms the subject of the one revelation which S. Paul has recorded for us. Cc). After the miracle of changing water into wine (ii. i— 12), Christ gives a discourse on Baptism (iii. i_9). After the miracle of feldSoLl thousand (VI. 5-15) lie gives another discourse (vi. 32-59) abolt hewlT^fK"'^'' "^^'^l '' ""^'^ ''"'P^^' ^"*' i-ea^^onably explained as Deing the other great Sacrament. r.„„ ^^'" -^l®- John's account does moan some kind of Presence of Christ in the Sacrament, but only a spiritual one in the hearts of flSSt!?;' ^'T'' y " ^\ '' }^'' '^''''^ that quickeneth. the flesh profitcth nothing, the words which I speak unto you, tl ' are spirit and they are life." J^^, ^> "le Anmoer (a). According to this, spiritual means unreal, imayhmry, f^ncijid. But spiritual things are far more true and real than fleshly things. An angel is a spirit, but he is just as truly a living creature as a man. A man's soul is a more important part of him than his body. ^ Ti A ^^^'/il^ explanation contradicts S. Paul, who says that Christ's oir^nT o °^, '"■'' Pi'<^se"t> whether we believe or not. (i Cor. xi. -7, 29). So, when Christ was going to raise Jairus' daughter, crowds touched His Body, but only one woman was healed bv it because she only had faith. Yet His Body was there all the same for them as for her, only they did not believe. (S. Luke viii. after a verse wherein our Lord foretells His Ascension. The ^infua? Presence of which He speaks must therefore be as real as the Ascension. Obj. 6. The doctrine of the Eeal Presence contradicts our senses, which tells us that what we oat and drink in the Holy Com- munion js mere bread and wine. Amwer (a). The senses of the Jews told them that the " car- penter's Son" was a mere man like themsolvos, and not God Almighty. ^ (6). We cannot see, hear, smell, taste, or touch that thing in us which makes the difference between our being alive and being dead bodies. But it is there all the same, a spiritual presence within us, and yet the most real part of us. (c). Our senses tell us plainly that the sun rises and sots, and that the earth never moves. Every learned man knows and can prove that the earth is always moving, and that the sun does not rise and set. iTnlearned people cannot prove it, but they trust what learned men say. When Christ Himself is the teacher, why should we not believe Him, though what He says is beyond our understandii u? The true reason why people disbelieve the Eeal Presence is because they do not fully acknowledge that God is Almighty and can do what He pleases. Infidelity is at the bottom of the denial. It should be carefully remembered that the doctrine is not a new one, nor held by a few people only. Every one who professed to be Christian held it till three hundred years ago, and the groat majority of professing Christians hold it stilL Is it not most strange, if the doctrine be not true, that Christ, Who knew all things, should not have given some warning, some explanation of His words, if they were not to be taken literally ? Why did Ho let some of His disciples " go back, and walk no more with Him." (S. John vi. 66), when a few words, telling them that He was only speaking a parable, would have made all clear ? Why did He allow His greatest Saints, His most valiant Martyrs, His most successful missionaries, to live and die in a false belief, and reserve the discovery of His meaning for men in a late age, and, for the most part, of unholy lives? Lastly, there are many people not so unbelieving as those with whom we have been dealing, who say that though Christ is not actually present in the Sacrament, yet His grace, power, and strength are there, and that faithful communicants get as much good from it as though He wore really there in Person. Now this is just as hard to understand as the Catholic doctrine, and is an even greater miracle. For it is 'much stranger than full Divine grace should be given where Christ is not than where He is. And as this doctrine is not hinted at in the Bible, and was never taught by the Church, those who maintain it might as well accept the miracle which is in the Bible instead of inventing one for themselves. " Blessed are thcj' that have not seen and yet have believed." S. John XX. 19. Printed and circulated by tlie Catholic Latmsn's Guild.