COMMENT BY UTT:
In an address to the Quebec Eucharistic Congress, Cardinal Tomko made the following statement:
"Jesus is the gift of God, he is the food that feeds us and fulfills us and allows us life in eternity. The Eucharist is a person, not an object, not a dead gift. Maybe we should ask not what is the Eucharist, but who is the Eucharist?"
If you are not a Catholic, you may not understand what Tomko has stated. You see it is a fact that the Roman Catholic Jesus, also known as the Eucharistic Jesus, is a wafer that that is believed to be Jesus. According to Roman Catholic belief, this wafer, by some mysterious process is transformed into the actual body of Jesus Christ without changing appearance. This belief lies at the heart and core of the Roman Catholic mass – this process called transubstantiation requires a priest – a Roman Catholic priest!
So, now you know what Tomko meant when he said - the Eucharist is a person, not an object. Further, Roman Catholics are instructed to worship and adore this object when it is placed in a container called a monstrance. This is called Eucharistic adoration.
Now here’s the point: What if the Eucharist is actually an object and not a person? There is a biblical commandment that demands that no person worship or adore any object. Worshipping an object believed to be God or a god is called idolatry. Idolatry is an abomination unto God.
June
16 -
Cardinal:
Eucharistic
congress
helps
Catholics
examine
life's
purpose
Article:
Roman
Catholic
Church
And
The
Last
Days
QUEBEC
CITY
(CNS)
--
When
people
pause
and
question
the
purpose
of
their
lives,
they
"yearn
for
a
spiritual
answer,"
said
Slovakian
Cardinal
Jozef
Tomko
at
the
opening
Mass
of
the
49th
International
Eucharistic
Congress.
A
eucharistic
congress
"allows
us
to
encounter"
these
questions
and
"examine
the
meaning
of
our
life
and
death,"
said
the
cardinal.
Jesus
is
the
gift
of
God,
he
"is
the
food
that
feeds
us
and
fulfills
us
and
allows
us
life
in
eternity,"
said
Cardinal
Tomko.
"The
Eucharist
is a
person,
not
an
object,
not
a
dead
gift.
Maybe
we
should
ask
not
what
is
the
Eucharist,
but
who
is
the
Eucharist?"
The
answer
to
this
question,
Cardinal
Tomko
said,
is
Jesus
in
the
sacramental
form
of
bread
and
wine
"to
indicate
he
wanted
to
become
our
food
and
sustain
our
life."
The
cardinal
also
said
Jesus'
words
at
the
Last
Supper,
"Do
this
in
memory
of
me,"
are
not
only
a
memorial
but
a
command
to
do
what
he
has
done
and
to
use
those
same
words
at
Mass.
The
history
of
Quebec,
which
is
celebrating
the
400th
anniversary
of
its
founding
this
year,
and
the
global
participation
of
the
congress
were
highlighted
throughout
the
more
than
three-hour
Mass.
More
than
12,000
people
are
participating
in
the
conference's
weeklong
conferences,
lectures
and
liturgies.
Although
75
percent
of
the
participants
are
Canadians,
pilgrims
came
from
more
than
70
countries.
At
the
end
of
the
Mass,
the
Eucharist
was
placed
in a
monstrance,
which
was
hoisted
atop
the
youth-inspired
Ark
of
the
New
Covenant
--
an
icon-covered
chest
that
had
been
carried
on
foot
to
the
more
than
70
dioceses
and
eparchies
in
Canada.
Four
clergymen
carried
the
ark
and
monstrance
outside
of
the
arena
to
one
of
the
several
eucharistic
adoration
chapels,
where
pilgrims
can
pray
throughout
the
week.
