The faith of our fathers - Carmel Apologetics

""And"""332 THE FAITH OF OUR FATHERS.disciples of little faith, or with Peter? Ah ! let somesay with the unbelieving Jews "How can this:man give us His flesh to eat? Let others say withthe unfaithful disciples: This is a hard saying.Who can hear it ? But do you say with Peter :Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the wordsof eternal life."So far, I have dwelt on the words of the Promise.I shall now proceed to the words of the Institution,which are given in almost the same expressions bySt. Matthew, St. Mark, and St. Luke. In the Gospel according to St. Matthew, we read the followingnarrative :while they were at supper, Jesustook bread, and blessed and broke, and gave to Hisdisciples, and said : Take ye and eat. This is Mybody. And taking the chalice, He gave thanks,and gave to them, saying: Drink ye all of this;for this is My blood of the New Testament, whichshall be shed formany unto remission of sins." 1I beg you to recall to mind the former text relative to the Promise, and to compareit with this.How admirably theyfit together, like two links ina chain! How faithfully has Jesus fulfilled thePromise which He made ! Could any idea be expressed in clearer terms than these This : is Mybody this is My blood ?And ; whyis the Catholic interpretation of thesewords rejected by Protestants? Is it because the1Matt. xxvi. 26-28.