Continuing my series on
Transubstantiation, a tempting idea came to my mind as an analogy, though
grotesque in the face of the grandeur of the theme. I watched a video of Father
Paulo Ricardo (1) talking about the subject, and his attempt to explain the mystery
of the Eucharist made me think of water. Yes, water.
In short, he says that Jesus
is present in bread and wine in "substance", though the
"accidental" form remains bread and wine, and we cannot experience
Him, so it is not an empirical presence. The explanation is very interesting;
it is worth watching the video at the link at the end of this text (in
Portuguese).
Immediately, I thought of
the water and its numerous and varied solid presentations in the glacial
winter, where I live. There is ice, which we all know, and there is snow that
varies enormously in its shape and consistency according to weather conditions.
I am delighted, for example, by the lace and fancy embroideries that appear on
panes of my kitchen window which, by its location, receives the North Pole
winds and suffers the most vigorous and direct action of the cold.
All of these presentations
are substantially H₂O,
but accidentally different in appearance and consistency. In the case of water,
the presence is also empirical, we can experience it. In the Eucharist, on the
contrary, what remains are the accidental characteristics: appearance,
consistency, taste – of bread and wine; the substance in each one changes:
bread and wine become body and blood of Christ respectively.
Obviously, the analogy is precarious, but
somehow didactic, don't you think?~~~~~~
Saint Carlo Acutis, pray for us.
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Substance accidents
Only for those who believe or would like to believe…
Transubstantiation
Scratching the head...
Excerpts
The Holy Shroud
We are “plague and cholera”
Substance accidents
Only for those who believe or would like to believe…
Transubstantiation
Scratching the head...
Excerpts
The Holy Shroud
We are “plague and cholera”
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