If you were baptized a Catholic you still are a Catholic and can come back at any time. All you need to do is sit down with a priest and get your questions about the Mass and Jesus Christ answered.
Of course, listening and hearing in your heart would be very important too.
I would be the first to welcome you back.
Jesus was not speaking symbolically at the Last Supper. He told the apostles to “Do this in remembrance of me.” That’s why a Mass is not a re-enactment of the one Sacrifice of Christ on the Cross. We are celebrating in MEMORY of him as he commanded.
“Taking the bread, He broke it, blessed it and gave it to his disciples, saying, ‘Take this and eat; this is my body’”
“In like manner, He took wine, blessed it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, ‘Take this and drink; this is my blood.’”
“Do this in remembrance of me.”
It all happened in reality then and it all happens in reality now in each Mass as the priest (a stamd-in for Christ because of his ordination) says those very same words.
Why do you disagree with trans_(transfer_substantiation(substance.) Are you saying that Christ, the Son of Man and Son of God cannot change bread and wine into his flesh and blood?
Have you ever studied in depth any Eucharistic miracles? Please check them out. The proof is there.
Yes, I am still a “catholic” in the meaning of “universal,” but I am not a Roman Catholic, nor do I want to be, after having experienced the “faith,” both inside and outside of the RCC.
I’m glad God, by His grace, led me to a place where I could meet the Jesus of the Bible, who changed my life (by giving me life).
By the way, I find it interesting how you “claim” me as a Catholic because you think I was baptized Catholic. If you think baptism saves you apart from faith, I encourage you to reexamine the scriptures for yourself, but doubt you will get beyond Roman Catholic dogma.
Thanks for substantiating your belief in transubstantiation (pun intended). Of course, you are free to believe what you want about what Jesus means by His teaching, but count me out. If you can’t tell the difference between the texture of meat (flesh) and bread, what can I say? Or does the change take place after you swallow? If it isn’t literal flesh, as you claim, then I guess its symbolic. I know I’m wasting my time here...so I will stop.