The host is then placed in what is called a monstrance and can then be worshiped as if worshiping Jesus Himself.
THE CONSECRATED HOST IS CHRIST THE BODY AND BLOOD.
Who wouldn’t want to meet God? and yet we can with the Eucharist. Jesus is with us, but we need to listen and accept HIS presence.
“THE CONSECRATED HOST IS CHRIST THE BODY AND BLOOD.”
So why does Christ eat and drink Himself?
1) He gives thanks, breaks the bread, declares it is His body: “And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.(1Co 11:24)
2) After “he had supped,” He offers the cup, which He calls His blood: “After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.” (1Co 11:25)
3) After calling it the blood of the covenant, with the cup still in hand, He calls it “this fruit of the vine” which He would not drink AGAIN until reunited with the Apostles in heaven, either indicating He was about to drink it, or had just drank it: “for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”
(Mat 26:28-29)
And where is your sacrament of water necessary to receive eternal life, since the Jews did not speak in metaphorical language ever?
J”esus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.”
(Joh 4:13-14)
If that is the closest you ever get to Jesus, then you don’t know what you are missing.
For the true believer, the true Christian, Christ dwells in the heart through faith.
He doesn't live there because we eat Him.
We don't have to go somewhere to meet Christ. Our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit who swells in us.
Anyone who isn't sure they have Jesus in them, doesn't.