The faith of our fathers - Carmel Apologetics

THE HOLY EUCHARIST. 327CHAPTER XXI.THE HOLY EUCHARIST.AMONG the various dogmas of the CatholicChurch, there is none which rests on strongerScriptural authority than the doctrine of the RealPresence of Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist.So copious, indeed, and so clear are the passagesof the New Testament which treat of this subject,that I am at a loss to determine which to select,and find it difficult to compress them all withinthe compass of this short chapter.The Evangelists do not always dwell upon thesame mysteries of religion. Their practice is rather tosupplement each other, so that one of them will mention what the others have omitted, or have touchedin a cursory way. But in regard to the BlessedEucharist, the sacred writers exhibit a marked deviation from this rule. We find that the fourEvangelists, together with St. Paul, have writtenso explicitly and abundantly on this subject, thatone of them alone would be amplysufficient toprove the dogma, without taking them collectively.These five inspired writers gave the weight oftheir individual testimony to the doctrine of theEucharist, because they foresaw or rather theHoly Ghost, speaking through them, foresawthat this great mystery, which exacts so strong