The faith of our fathers - Carmel Apologetics

"THE HOLY EUCHARIST. 337The chalice of benediction which we bless, is it notthe communion of the blood of Christ? and thebread which we break, is it not the partaking of thebody of the Lord ? For, I have received of the. . .Lord that which also I delivered to you, that theLord Jesus, on the night in which He was betrayed,took bread, and giving thanks, brake it, and said :Take and eat : this is My body which shall be delivered for you. This do for the commemoration ofMe. In like manner also the chalice, after the supper, saying: This cup is the New Covenant in Myblood. This do ye, as often as ye shall drink, forthe commemoration of Me. For, as often as yeshall eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye shallshow the death of the Lord until He come. Therefore, whoever shall eat this bread, or drink thechalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of thebody and of the blood of the Lord. But let a manprove himself; and so let him eat of that bread anddrink of the chalice. For, he who eateth and drinkethunworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment tohimself, not discerning the *body of the Lord."Could St. Paul express more clearly his belief inthe Real Presence than he has done here ? TheApostle distinctly affirms that the chalice and breadwhich he and his fellow Apostles bless, is a participation of the body and blood of Christ. And surelyno one could be said to partake of that divine foodby eating ordinarybread. Mark these words of1 1. Cor. x. 16, and xi. 23, 29.29 W