![]() ![]() When he announced that people need to eat his flesh and drink his blood to have eternal life, most of his followers couldn’t take this and left him forever (John 6:53-58). It should be remembered that Jesus himself when he walked the earth caused tremendous confusion. In Christian history, Catholics were even accused by Roman citizens of being cannibals, because it was thought that Catholics ate and drank the flesh and blood of a dead man. ![]() The implication was that the Mass is a load of pretend nonsense. I recall reading one section in an extremely famous popular science book, where it was implied that the Catholic Mass is just a bunch of hocus pocus. Then there are hardline atheists, who often view the Mass as nothing more than an ‘opium for the masses’ something employed by Church authorities to control people. It’s a great mystery to them, and seemingly pointless given that God can be approached directly via prayer. People of other religious traditions, such as Jews and Muslims, don’t tend to understand what Catholics believe about Catholic Mass. They cannot accept it because the Scriptures clearly teach that Jesus died only once (this is emphasised in the letter to the Hebrews). ![]() Many non-Catholic Christians think of the Catholic Mass as a re-sacrifice of Jesus. There is a great deal of confusion today about the Catholic Mass. Hello Rosary lovers! In this post we will ask: What is Catholic Mass? The Mass causes terrible confusion ![]()
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