The May 2010 Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Newsletter can now be found at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/Newsletters/Newsletter108(May2010)(RGB).pdf Bill C-384 was soundly defeated by a vote of 228 to 59. Check how the Members of Parliament voted at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/HowTheyVoted.pdf On June 5, 2010, we are co-hosting the US/Canda Push-Back Seminar at the Radisson Gateway Hotel at the Seattle/Tacoma Airport. The overwhelming defeat of Bill C-384 proved that we can Push-Back the euthanasia lobby in the US and Canada and convince people that euthanasia and assisted suicide are a dangerous public policy. Register for the Seminar at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/2010SeminarFlyer(RGB)(LetterFormat).pdf The Schindler family are being attacked by a Florida television station and Michael Schiavo. The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition is standing in solidarity with the Schindler family. My blog comments: http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2010/05/att...
Reflections from the pastoral ministry of an Evangelical Catholic Priest.
I believe the confusing aspects of 'transubstantiation' for many lie in the failure to grasp the understanding of what is meant when it is said that Christ is present physically in the consecrated host. As well as what is meant 'externally and internally.' We hear that God and man is present substantially under the auspices of bread and wine, but it takes a bit more contemplation and reflection than simply finding the definition of those terms to better grasp what is really being propagated. For example ' externally and internally' here do not refer to the external and internal properties of the bread and wine. The external and internal properties of the bread and wine remain and Christ is present in them for only as long as the physical attributes ( Aristotle called them accidents) remain because it is clearly stated that He is present under the appearance of those. He is present substantially means that he cannot be present accidently in any way. There is never a time anywhere in nature where human blood is a property of bread or wine.
ReplyDeleteOnly in transubstantiation can the substance of something be consumed by consuming the physical attributes of another.
There is no possible way to eat the substance of a slice of bread without eating its physical properties ( taste, colour, texture, etc...) The same holds true for carnivores, vegetarians and cannibals.