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trotsky

(49,533 posts)
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 02:37 PM Aug 2015

Pope Francis: "Jesus is the bread of life"

http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2015/08/02/pope_francis_jesus_is_the_bread_of_life/1162526

Jesus invites us – the Pope continued – to be open to a perspective which is not only that of daily preoccupation and material needs; Jesus speaks to us of a different kind of food, food which is not corruptible and that we must search for and welcome into our lives.

He exhorts us not to work for food that perishes but “for the food that endures for eternal life which the Son of Man will give us” he said.

With these words – Pope Francis continued – He wants us to understand that beyond a physical hunger, man has a different kind of hunger – “we all have this hunger” – a more important kind of hunger that cannot be satisfied with ordinary food.

It is the hunger for life - the hunger for eternity - that only He can satisfy because He is the bread of life” he said.


It is in these moments that you can see that despite the happy interfaithy talk, each religion still believes that it and it alone is unique and "true."
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Pope Francis: "Jesus is the bread of life" (Original Post) trotsky Aug 2015 OP
Mmmm...I like sourdough... truebrit71 Aug 2015 #1
Then why are people starving in "Christian" nations? Fearless Aug 2015 #2
More meaningless, useless babble from this ridiculous little man. mr blur Aug 2015 #3
Don't think too much about it. The collection plate is making its way to you. Arugula Latte Aug 2015 #14
Yeah, that's pretty bad, even for Pope Weeble. onager Aug 2015 #18
"Jesus is the bread of life" AlbertCat Aug 2015 #4
No, Jesus isn't gluten free Lordquinton Aug 2015 #6
Have no fear, with God, there is always a way. Curmudgeoness Aug 2015 #7
But is it Papal approved? Lordquinton Aug 2015 #10
Good Lord!!!!! Curmudgeoness Aug 2015 #12
We all know what happened to the last group of women Lordquinton Aug 2015 #19
This is unpossible. There is no fucking way a gluten free wafer can possibly transmute LiberalAndProud Aug 2015 #21
It is not unpossible. I'm telling you, Curmudgeoness Aug 2015 #22
What is the confection of bread? LiberalAndProud Aug 2015 #25
That kind of food would have to have a lot of unhealthy preservatives to last an eternity. Tobin S. Aug 2015 #5
No thanks. I'm on a low carb diet. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #8
I'm waiting for the religion that has... Binkie The Clown Aug 2015 #9
"Jesus is the bland wafer of self-delusion." deucemagnet Aug 2015 #11
What about homo sapiens who were living in the 198,000 years Arugula Latte Aug 2015 #13
Fool! Curmudgeoness Aug 2015 #23
Hold the phone. I think he's right, after all. Here is proof: Arugula Latte Aug 2015 #15
I have seen the light! trotsky Aug 2015 #16
Photoshop or actual coincidence? FiveGoodMen Aug 2015 #17
Wow! A miracle! salimbag Aug 2015 #20
"Bread is the jesus of life" Jokerman Aug 2015 #24
I have greatly reduced my bread intake RussBLib Aug 2015 #26
Reminds me of my favorite catholic joke awoke_in_2003 Aug 2015 #27

onager

(9,356 posts)
18. Yeah, that's pretty bad, even for Pope Weeble.
Tue Aug 4, 2015, 10:03 PM
Aug 2015

Minor variation on the old wheeze about "a God-shaped hole in our hearts."

Great marketing, though. Create a non-existent need, then sell it to the suckers. Guaranteed to work for chewing gum, cosmetics or Jesus.


“It is the hunger for life - the hunger for eternity - that only He can satisfy because He is the bread of life” he said.


Nice bait-and-switch there! Hunger for life refers to a real thing. Hunger for eternity refers to a fantasy.
 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
4. "Jesus is the bread of life"
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 04:19 PM
Aug 2015

Yeah.... but is he gluten free?



More poetry.... that cannot be explained what it means concretely.... even by the Pope.

Unless it just means: "You don't want to die, so the myth of an afterlife is easier to accept if there's a friendly, deathless guy to remind you of the fantasy."


But don't let Jesus into your heart. There's just not enough room and you will have cardiac problems.

Lordquinton

(7,886 posts)
6. No, Jesus isn't gluten free
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 05:40 PM
Aug 2015

Amazing how a food allergy can undermine a core tenant of a major religion.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
7. Have no fear, with God, there is always a way.
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 06:49 PM
Aug 2015

Catholic Communion and Celiac Disease: the Options

The Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in Clyde, Missouri, have developed a Communion host that is extremely low in gluten. They have worked for ten years on this project. The host is made from gelatinized wheat starch. The hosts have been tested for the presence of gluten. According to the Sisters, they were tested to a level of 0.01% gluten.


http://www.catholicceliacs.org/Options.html



And who would have thought that there was a Catholic Celiacs Organization.

LiberalAndProud

(12,799 posts)
21. This is unpossible. There is no fucking way a gluten free wafer can possibly transmute
Fri Aug 7, 2015, 12:48 PM
Aug 2015

to the body of Christ. That shit needs gluten, I'm telling you.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
22. It is not unpossible. I'm telling you,
Fri Aug 7, 2015, 01:13 PM
Aug 2015

with God, all things are possible. You are right, the church agrees with you that there must be gluten. ("Catholic Church states that Communion bread must be made of only wheat and water with "sufficient gluten to attain the confection of bread,"...)

But this is where it gets hinkey. "The host is made from gelatinized wheat starch. The hosts have been tested for the presence of gluten. According to the Sisters, they were tested to a level of 0.01% gluten."

You remember that old mustard seed quote, right? We aren't talking about the quantity needing to be significant. It don't require much to transmute.....just a molecule. (Yes, I think it says that in the Bible.)

LiberalAndProud

(12,799 posts)
25. What is the confection of bread?
Fri Aug 7, 2015, 01:28 PM
Aug 2015

I never was catholic, but the brittle wafers reminded me more of uncooked spaghetti than bread. OMG, FSM!

Tobin S.

(10,420 posts)
5. That kind of food would have to have a lot of unhealthy preservatives to last an eternity.
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 05:04 PM
Aug 2015

Is the Pope talking about Twinkies?

 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
13. What about homo sapiens who were living in the 198,000 years
Tue Aug 4, 2015, 12:34 PM
Aug 2015

before Jesus, and the Neanderthals who co-existed with these humans? Not only were they alive before The Son of Man was born after the Sky God raped a virgin in Judea, they probably mostly ate paleo. I mean, what is fair about that?

RussBLib

(9,666 posts)
26. I have greatly reduced my bread intake
Fri Aug 7, 2015, 03:25 PM
Aug 2015

once in a while I fall back on the easy and comfortable and have some toast

 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
27. Reminds me of my favorite catholic joke
Sat Aug 8, 2015, 05:20 PM
Aug 2015

A new priest at his first mass was so nervous he could hardly speak. After mass he asked the monsignor how he had done. The monsignor replied, "When I am worried about getting nervous on the pulpit, I put a glass of vodka next to the water glass. If I start to get nervous, I take a sip."

So the next sunday he took the monsignor's advice. at the beginning of the sermon, he got nervous and took a drink. He proceeded to talk up a storm. Upon return to his office after mass, he found the following note on his door:

- sip the vodka, don't gulp

- there are 10 commandments, not 12

- there are 12 disciples, not 10

- Jesus was consecrated, not constipated

- Jacob wagered his donkey, he did not beat his ass

- we do not refer to Jesus Christ as the late J.C.

- The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are not referred to as Daddy, Junior, and Spook

- when Jesus broke the bread at the Last Supper he said, "take this and eat it, for it is my body", he did not say "eat me."

- the Virgin Mary is not referred to as the "mary with the cherry"

- the recommended grace before a meal is not: "rub-a-dub-dub, thanks for the grub, yea God."

- next sunday there will be a taffy-pulling contest at St. Peter's, not a peter-pulling contest at St. Taffy's

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