Is the Eucharist biblical?

Yes it's biblical. Chapter 6 of John is all about the Eucharist. In fact it talks about people whonstopped following Christ because they could not accept the literal teaching. Jesus didn't call them back and say 'I was talking symbolically'. If he was why would he allow followers to leave on a misunderstanding?

And Catholics do NOT "resacrifice" Christ. That's a misrepresentation Protestants often use. The Mass is THE SAME sacrifice Christ made at Calvery transending space and time. Christ's sacrifice is NOT a one time event. It is applied to all people and continues to this day in the Mass.

A helpful article for you -

http://www.catholic.com/tracts/christ-in-the-eucha...

Here's a helpful website that addresses Protestant (especially evangelical) concerns about Catholic teachings. You should look it over so you can better explain the Truth to your friends:

http://www.catholicbridge.com/

It's important that you learn about your Catholic faith from Catholic sources

Indeed it is. You're allowing your Protestant friends to influence you. The Eucharist existed for 300 years before the Bible did. They believe the Bible is 100% accurate even though people wrote it and it was made as a compilations of scriptures that were being used around the known world. People were beginning to becoming followers of John or Mark and NOT of Jesus. So the Church decided they needed to do something about the separation and get everyone on the same page. It was not meant to be a science or history book. Protestants deny the early Church traditions in favor of the Bible. The Catholic Church tries to stick what Jesus and the Apostles after him did for 300 years before the Bible, which was essentially ordered created by a Pope. (Tell your friends THAT and see what they say.) If the Apostles, who knew Jesus, preached that the Eucharist is actually Jesus, who are we to argue? As for Mortal Sin, I believe in it. I believe that, for most of us it's very hard to commit, but I believe there are sins that cut us off from God. (I bet your friends believe that too. They just don't call them Mortal Sins.) They believe we're all saints but saints are simply those who were filled with the Holy Spirit and did what we are all expected to do. What's the problem? How often do they go to Mass with you? If they refuse, why would you go to their services? They need to see that Mass, save for the Eucharist, is not that different. You're letting yourself be used. I'd explain Purgatory but there isn't enough room here. I didn't believe it myself until I heard this explanation. Contact me if you want to talk more or hear the explanation. Pray for clarity.

Yes it is.

You should read through these books which will give you a better understanding and stronger foundation of Catholicism.

Addis Catholic Dictionary 'List of Articles' https://archive.org/stream/catholicdiction00addiuo... 'Eucharist' https://archive.org/stream/catholicdiction00addiuo...

The Teaching Of The Catholic Church A Summary Of Catholic Doctrine Volume II https://archive.org/details/teachingofthecat010346... 'The Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist https://archive.org/stream/teachingofthecat010346m...

Yes, very.

Matthew 26:26-28

While they were eating, Jesus took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and giving it to his disciples said, "Take and eat; this is my body." Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which will be shed on behalf of many for the forgiveness of sins.

Mark 14:22-24

While they were eating, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, and said, "Take it; this is my body." Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it. He said to them, "This is my blood of the covenant, which will be shed for many.

Luke 22:19-20

Then he took the bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body, which will be given for you; do this in memory of me." And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which will be shed for you.

John 6:53-56:

Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him.

At the Last Supper, Jesus said, “Take this bread. It is my body.” Then he said, “Take this and drink. This is my blood. Do this in memory of me.”

Catholics believe this was the First Eucharist, that through a miracle the bread and wine actually became the body and blood of Jesus Christ.

Catholics reenact the Last Supper during every Mass, where God, acting through the priest, changes the bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus Christ.

This is a great sacrament of thanksgiving and unity of Catholics.

By the way, the Eastern Catholic, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox Churches, the Assyrian Church of the East, the Lutheran and many Anglican Churches also believe in the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. This is more than half of all Christians in the world.

For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, sections 1322 and following.

With love in Christ.

The partaking of the Lord's Supper every Sunday is a command. That the Catholic think it is the actual body and blood of Christ is ludicrous. There are so many things that the Catholic organization does that is not Biblical and they are not the church of Christ.

It is good to listen to God and abandon mans traditions and rituals friend. Former rcc.

Yes. Jesus is the Lamb of God (The Passover Lamb). The Eucharist is the fulfillment of the Passover.

The Eucharist is also re-enactment of the Last Supper as well as the re-presentation of Calvary.

The Eucharist is also the "Marriage Supper of the Lamb" - Jesus is the Bridegroom, and the Church is His Bride. (Revelation 19:9) And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are true words of God.”

The Eucharist is also a type of Todah sacrifice, which fulfills an ancient Jewish prophecy that all sacrifices except for the Todah would cease during the Messianic age.

Jesus was born in Bethlehem. The name Bethlehem means "House of Bread". Jesus was laid in a manger (feeding trough) and is the "Living Bread come down from Heaven"

Jesus instituted the New Covenant sacrament of the Eucharist at the Last Supper.

Only the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church maintain Apostolic succession and have a validly consecrated Eucharist.

John 6 requires a careful examination. This is where Jesus first taught that He was the Living Bread, and that His disciples must literally eat His flesh if they wanted life in them. Many of His disciples complained that His teaching was crazy, and they deserted Him. Jesus did not call them back to correct them, and explain that he was only speaking symbolically. He asked the remaining disciples if they too would leave Him. Peter said "Where will we go, Lord? Only You have the truth." It was this point that Jesus sensed that one of His disciples (Judas) had lost faith in Him, and would later betray Him. Notice that it's at John 6:66 which Jesus lost many of His followers.

(John 6:25-71)

When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you; for on him has God the Father set his seal.” Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” So they said to him, “Then what sign do you do, that we may see, and believe you? What work do you perform? Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven, and gives life to the world.” They said to him, “Lord, give us this bread always.”

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst. But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. All that the Father gives me will come to me; and him who comes to me I will not cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me; and this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up at the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”

The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, “I am the bread which came down from heaven.” They said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” Jesus answered them, “Do not murmur among yourselves. No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Every one who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me. Not that any one has seen the Father except him who is from God; he has seen the Father. Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats me will live because of me. This is the bread which came down from heaven, not such as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live for ever.” This he said in the synagogue, as he taught at Caper′na-um.

The Words of Eternal Life

Many of his disciples, when they heard it, said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it? But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at it, said to them, “Do you take offense at this? Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending where he was before? It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh is of no avail; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But there are some of you that do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the first who those were that did not believe, and who it was that should betray him. And he said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”

66 After this many of his disciples drew back and no longer went about with him. 67 Jesus said to the twelve, “Will you also go away?” 68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life; 69 and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.” 70 Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?” 71 He spoke of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the twelve, was to betray him.

Jesus institutes the Eucharist at the Last supper: Matthew 26: 26-29; Mark 14: 22-25; Luke 22: 14-20

Paul teaching about the Eucharist: 1 Corinthians 10: 14-22; 1 Corinthians 11: 17-34

Dr. Brant Pitre "Jesus and The Jewish Roots of The Eucharist"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P45BHDRA7pU&list=P...

Dr. Scott Hahn "The Bible and the Sacrifice of the Mass"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uL_IAJWvX0&list=P...

Mystery of the Catholic Eucharist and the Ancient Jewish 'Bread of the Presence'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyOFHQzVRio&list=P...