Does “Remembrance” Refute the Real Presence? A Catholic Response

Episode 135: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ 

In today’s episode, we look at two details from the second reading and Gospel reading for this upcoming Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. The first detail, which is Christ’s command for the apostles to “do this in remembrance of me,” is a source of much debate between Christians concerning the nature of the Eucharist, whether it’s the real body and blood of Jesus or merely a symbolic representation. The second detail, which is Luke’s description of Jesus’ multiplication of the loaves and fish in Luke 9:11b-17, prepares us to understand at least one miraculous element that’s present in the Sacrament of the Eucharist.