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Every Catholic should know the three key aspects of the Eucharist. Do you know the three key aspects of the

you know the three key aspects of the you

Chris that's what we've been looking at in this little mini series this

three-part series on the you Chris last week we consider the

you Chris to sacrifice next week we're gonna be considering the Eucharist. Last week we consider the Eucharist as Holy Communion, but in this

episode we're going to turn to the one aspect of the Eucharist that ties it all together,

and it's the Eucharist as real presence, the real presence of Jesus

and the Eucharist. But have you ever tried to explain this to someone, especially if they're coming

from a non-Catholic background or maybe even if they're not even

Christian how do you talk about the real presence of the Eucharist I mean someone's

comes to mass and you're trying to explain what is all about and how do you explain

that what was once bread and wine

is now changed into the body and blood of Jesus and you can picture your your atheist friend or

your Protestant friend saying well it still looks like bread.

That looks like a little piece of bread there, a little wafer, and that still looks like wine.

It tastes like wine.

It smells like wine, and you're telling me that's Jesus' blood?

How do we explain the mystery of the and you're telling me that's Jesus' blood?

How do we explain the mystery of the Eucharist?

Another thing I think we can get at here is,

well, how do you explain the real presence

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