"How Do I Know that Jesus is Truly Present in the Eucharist?" (Special Podcast Highlight)
The Patrick Madrid Show
Relevant Radio
4.8 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2024
⏱️ 16 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
How has your life been changed by the Eucharist?
As the National Eucharistic Congress in July approaches, Patrick Madrid reflects on the mystery and significance of this Holy Sacrament.
Key Points:
Eucharist 101: Transubstantiation Explained 📖:
Not Just Bread and Wine: The elements become the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus.
Transubstantiation: A big word that describes the change during Mass, where the substance changes but the accidents (appearance) remain the same.
Illustration: Using the example of a red rubber bouncy ball, Patrick explains how the substance differs from its characteristics.
Biblical Basis and Church Teaching 📜:
John Chapter 6: Jesus' teachings about eating His flesh and drinking His blood as true food and drink. When talking to Protestants about this teaching, look no further than this Bible passage.
Catholic Doctrine: We as Catholics take Jesus at His word and believe in His real presence in the Eucharist, unlike symbolic interpretations in other denominations. Other Protestant services have just bread and grape juice. Even if a Protestant denomination might think that Jesus is present in the Eucharist, He is not. A validly ordained priest must consecrate the Host.
Power of the Eucharist:
Words from Fr. Mark Beard: Highlighting the reality of Jesus in the Eucharist and its profound significance.
Satanist Recognition: Even those opposed to Christ recognize the true presence in the Catholic Eucharist, seeking to desecrate it, unlike bread from other denominations. This should be a wakeup call for us as Catholics! Do we take this sacrament as seriously as we should? What are we doing to protect and reverence Jesus in the Holy Eucharist?
Call to Action 📢:
Catholics: Embrace and receive the Eucharist regularly, acknowledging that Jesus is there. Let's not take Jesus' sacrifice for granted!
Non-Catholics: Please consider becoming Catholic so that you can experience the fullness of Jesus in the Eucharist. Being able to receive Him every day is truly the greatest gift in the world.
Thought-Provoking Questions 🧠:
Why did some disciples leave Jesus after His teaching in John 6?
How does the doctrine of transubstantiation deepen your understanding of the Eucharist?
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | So as we're moving toward the Eucharistic Congress coming up in July of this year, a lot of things going on in preparation. |
| 0:09.4 | I'll be there. Father Rocky will be there. Drew Mariani will be there. Cyrus will be there. |
| 0:13.7 | And a whole bunch of other folk will be there from Relevant Radio. And I look forward to meeting you. |
| 0:19.1 | But in the meantime, we're thinking even more so about the |
| 0:22.0 | Holy Eucharist now and the Lord's presence in the Holy Eucharist. He's really there. Let's just do a quick |
| 0:28.4 | Eucharist 101 overview. So it's not merely bread. It's not merely wine. It's bread and wine that |
| 0:36.5 | becomes the very body, blood, soul, and divinity of |
| 0:39.3 | Jesus. And it no longer is bread and wine. And you say, what? What does that mean? Well, |
| 0:43.7 | the doctrine of transubstantiation, it's a philosophical term that's used to describe the specific |
| 0:52.5 | event that takes place at the mass when the priest says |
| 0:56.5 | these words of consecration. So for the purposes of review, the word substance in this context |
| 1:03.0 | means the reality of the thing. So let's imagine a, I don't know, how about a red rubber |
| 1:10.7 | bouncy ball? Get an idea in your how about a red rubber bouncy ball? |
| 1:12.3 | Get an idea in your mind of a red rubber bouncy ball. |
| 1:16.1 | It's a red rubber bouncy ball, but you see and touch and apprehend with your senses the characteristics of it. |
| 1:24.8 | So ask yourself these questions. |
| 1:26.8 | Is the redness of the red rubber |
| 1:28.6 | bouncy ball? Is the red color? Is that the ball? No. Is the bounciness of the red rubber |
| 1:35.5 | bouncy ball? Is that the ball? No. Is the roundness or the texture or the weight or the size or |
| 1:43.9 | any of those things? Those characteristics are all true |
| 1:46.9 | about the bouncy ball, but are any of those things themselves the bouncy ball? The answer is no. |
| 1:54.5 | And you can apply this way of looking at things indefinitely for everything. Take a white styrofoam paper cup well styrofoam cup the kind you'd have at a |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Relevant Radio, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Relevant Radio and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.