#12556 When Did Eucharistic Adoration Start? Importance of Sacrifice - Joe Heschmeyer
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🗓️ 22 January 2026
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Summary
“When did the practice of Eucharistic adoration start?” This question opens a discussion on the historical roots of this cherished devotion, alongside inquiries about the nature of the Eucharist on Holy Thursday, the nuances of language in John 6 regarding the act of eating, and the significance of the Eucharist as a sacrifice.
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Questions Covered:
- 03:34 – When did the practice of Eucharistic adoration start?
- 13:35 – Is the Eucharist given on Holy Thursday the same as what we have at Mass now? Because on Holy Thursday he had not yet died and risen, so how could it be the same?
- 17:23 – If John 6 uses two different words for eat, on of which indicates chewing or gnawing, why don’t we see that in the English translations?
- 29:23 – The English word “this” in the words of institution seems vague to me. Why isn’t there a more specific word? Shouldn’t the words indicate exactly what “this” is?
- 36:29 – Can you explain the importance of the Eucharist as a sacrifice?
- 45:40 – Wouldn’t Jesus’ body have to be omnipresent to be able to be really present at Masses all around the world? I read this question in the book “Reasoning from the Scriptures with Catholics” and am wondering how to answer.
- 51:48 – Why do some parishes not distribute the blood of Jesus at Communion?
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| 0:38.3 | On a show so nice, we've got to do it twice. Had such a great time with Joe Heschremeier, answering questions about the Eucharist in the first hour. We decided, let's run it back. Let's do it all over again. We've got a lot more callers on the line waiting to talk to Joe about the Eucharist, and they're all full. I'll give out the number anyway just in case someone drops out. |
| 0:55.5 | It's 888318788. talk to Joe about the Eucharist, and they're all full. I'll give out the number anyway, just in case |
| 0:54.2 | someone drops out. It's 8883-1-8-7-884. Call that number over and over again, because you might be |
| 1:01.1 | able to slip in when someone drops off the line, but that is the number. 8883-1-8-7-884. |
| 1:08.3 | Joe, I mentioned earlier. They plugged shameless popery, of course, as we should do. And of course, |
| 1:13.8 | I completely neglected to mention that more recent than the episode I was pumping up is an |
| 1:19.3 | episode you put out that is actually about the Eucharist itself. So why don't you tell, |
| 1:23.3 | why don't you tell the people what that episode is about? Oh, yeah. I mean, it's actually very |
| 1:26.9 | similar to one of the calls that already happened. |
| 1:29.4 | So St. Paul in 1st Corinthians 10 and 11 uses the term bread, |
| 1:34.9 | and specifically loaf arton to describe Christ present in the Eucharist even after the consecration. |
| 1:41.9 | And out of context, that sounds like, oh, well, I guess it's just bread. |
| 1:45.9 | When you look at the actual words he's saying, where he calls it a participation in the body of |
| 1:50.6 | Christ and a participation in the blood of Christ and warns that those who receive it unworthily will |
| 1:54.6 | be damned, it's clear he's not just talking about ordinary bread, that rather he seems to be |
| 2:00.6 | using bread in the same way, |
| 2:02.5 | that the gospels use bread, like when Jesus describes himself as the bread of life, |
| 2:06.7 | we don't think that he means he is literally bread. |
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