BUT there is a LACK of UNDERSTANDING of it by secular worldly people in a secular worldly church. And there is no denying that!
The warning has been stated - now it's up to catholics who they will serve. NO ONE can serve two masters.
God's WORD is the FINAL AUTHORITY! HERE on earth and forever.
There is not now, nor was there when He said a lack of understanding of what He was saying. Had there been, Jesus would have corrected that gross misunderstanding when so many walked away from Him.
He didn’t, because those who left didn’t lack understanding. What they lacked, which the Apostles had, was faith that Jesus is the Son of God, the Christ, and trust in what He said.
“Unless you eat of the flesh of the Son of Man and drink of His blood, you shall not have life within you.”
“For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.”
“Does this shock you?”
“Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.”