The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-12-05
(San Francisco Monitor.)

How can your church change divinely appointed
sacrament?
Does not Jesus command us, saying, Drink ye all
Of it,? Matt XVI, 20.
The Catholic church teaches that the reception
of communion under the form of wine is not neces-
sary, for she has ever believed 'that much is
contained under either species under both; for
Christ whole and entire, exists under the species
of bread and under each divided particle of that
species; and whole under lis (separated) parts"
(Trent Sess xii, C. 81 The Eucharist is the living
Christ; and as a living body is not without Its
blood. or living blood without body. so Christ Is
received whole and entire under either form OF
bread and wine
1t is natural enough that Protestants who deny
the real presence Of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist,
and believe that the Sacrament consists merely III
the eating bread and drinking wine in memory of
the Savor-s partaking by faith-should insist on
receiving both bread and wine. But Catholic hav-
ing the Christ-body. blood soul and divinity-be-
meath the appearances, regard it as matter of
discipline which of them IS to be received In Holy
Communion.
The Scriptures show us the Savior promising
the same reward to communion under one kind
under both To quote the Council of Trent: "1e
who said: Except you eat the flesh of the Son OF
Man and drink his blood you shall not have life in
YOU (Johm Vi 54). has likewise said: IF man eat
Of it be may not die (vi, SOD. And He who has
said: He that eateth My flesh and drinketh My
blood hath everlasting life (vi, so, has also said
'The bread that ! give is Ny flesh, for the'life of
the world Cvi, 52). And lastly, He who has said
He that eateth Ny flesh and drinketh Ny blood
abideth in Me and | in him (vi, so, has neverthe-
less said He who eateth this bread shall live for
ever (vi. so" (Sess. Xxi, ch. i)
Frequently, too, the receiving of Communion
under the form Of bread is mentioned in the Scrip
tures: They were persevering in the doctrine of
the Apostles, and the communication of the break
ing of bread, and in prayers" (Acts il, 42). Who
soever shall eat this bread drink the chahce of
The Lord unworthily shall be guilty of the body and
llood of the Lord" q. Cor xi, 81; Acts Xxx, Z; Luke
Xxiv. 30. I'D.
in this passage in King James Protestant YER
sion the word ~and" is substituted for "or without
any warrant save the need of controversy, although
the late revised edition correcs the text in accord
ance with the original Greek and Catholic English
version.
The words "drink We all of it" Matt XVI, 27)
were addressed, not to the faithful in general but
10 the Apostles who alone were present. "And they
the Apostles) all drank of it" Mark xiv 23). The
Eucharist is not only a sacrament but sacrifice
("do this for commemOratlon of Me-, Luke xxi,
19), and the sacrifice requires that the victim Je
sus Christ be at least mystically inundated and
His precious blood she'd in a mystical way. That
is the reason why the body and blood of the Savior,
although inseparablv united produced at mass
by a twofold conservation This Is My body"
This is my blood" and under both forms. 1t was
Apostles and their successors, the priests of the
New Law should partake of the sacrifice under
both forms. When, however, priests do not cele-
brate mass. as when receiving the Viaticum in i'll
ness they receive just the laity, under the form
of bread alone.
Moreover. any one versed in Church history
knows that the practice of the Church has varied
at different periods according TO circumstances.
The Fathers of the Church tell that the anchor
ties of the desert travellers going long Journeys,
people in their homes before their morning meal,
and others in danger of death, as well as the
martyrs in the prisons. received under the form
Of bread alone whilst infants received under the
form OF wine alone.
III The fifth century Pope Gclasius CA. D. 1922
that the laty receive under both forms,
10 deter from Communion the Manicheans, who
heretically considered wine evil in itself. The law
the laty to receive under the form of
bread dates from the Council Of Constance ca. ID.
14i4), and was directed against the heretical Huss
ites who declared the of the cup absolutely
Custom, however. had long before this
dome away with Communion under the form of
wine for the reasons set forth in the catechism
Of the Council Of Trent (I'art ii, eh. IA, II. 64),
viz, the scarcity of pure wine in certain places,
the danger OF spng the consecrated species, the |!
rcpugnance Of some. etc. (AIilner. "The End of
Religious Controversy" Letter xxx; Faith of |
Catholics" vol. ill.,
What would happen q the sacrament if your
church was destroyed by fire? Is it not basphemy
10 assert that Chrsts sacred body IS digesed by
Of His followers?
Catholics believe that Christ's body Is now !
yloriied body and therefore incapable of suffering
} change Christ remains under the appearance of !
bread and wine no longer than these material ap-
Dearances remain. once they cease because of di-
,cstion, or from any other cause, the presence of
'hrist ceases also.
why do Catholics place one knee on the floor before
entering the pew?
Catholics gcnuflect on entering and leaving the
.hurch as a mark of love and alteration to Jesus
hrist, the Son of God, who is really present upon
he Catholic altar.
why do Catholics fast before receiving Communion?
Out of honor and respect to Jesus Christ whom
hey are going to receive. This was the practice
,f the primitive Christians, as we learn from Ter
ullian in the second century (Ad. Uxorem. H. 81.
What is meant by Benediction of the Blessed Sac
ament?
Benediction is the blessing by Jesus Christ.
eay present in the Blessed Sacrament.
After the candles are lighted upon the altar,
he priest takes the host conecraed at mass out of
he tabernacle, and places it in a stand Of gold or
liver called the monstrance or osteasorium, which
emains upon the altar, upon an elevated throne
where it may be seen by all the people, who kneel
md adore the Savior.
The priest then puts incense into the .hurble
nd it three times in the direction of the
Blessed Sacrament, as a symbol of the peoples
rayer. Let my prayer be directed as incense in
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