The faith of our fathers - Carmel Apologetics

"328 THE FAITH OF OUR FATHERS.an exercise of OUT faith, and which bids us bow downour understanding unto the obedience of Christ,"1would meet with opposition in the course of timefrom those who would measure the infallible Wordof God by the erring standard of their own judgment.I shall select three classes of arguments from theNew Testament which satisfactorily demonstrate theReal Presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament.The first of these texts speaks of the promise of theEucharist; the second of its institution; and thethird of its use among the faithful.To begin with the words of the promise. WhileJesus was once preaching near the coast of the Seaof Galilee, He was followed, as usual, by an immense multitude of persons, who were attracted toHim by the miracles which He wrought, and thewords of salvation which He spoke. Seeing thatthe people had no food, He multiplied five loavesand two fishes to such an extent as to supply thewants of five thousand men, besides women andchildren.Our Lord considered the present a favorableoccasion for speaking of the Sacrament of His bodyand blood, which was to be distributed, not to a fewthousands, but to millions of souls ;not in one place,but everywhere not at one; time, but all days, tothe end of the world. "Iam,"He says to His"the bread of life. Your fathers did eathearers,inamia in the desert, and died I am the1 IT. Cor. i. 5.