Is the Eucharist just a symbol or something more?

When Jesus said, “Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life,” a large number of his followers left. They just couldn’t accept that teaching.

The Eucharist was a major stumbling block to the early followers of Jesus, and it remains one today.

It’s still difficult for people to believe the bread and wine in Mass actually transform into Christ’s real body, blood, soul, and divinity.

Watch this video to better understand the Eucharist:

Questions:

• What is meant by the “sacrifice of the Mass”?
• In John 6, how do we know Jesus was speaking literally and sacramentally, not just symbolically?
  
  

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