What do Catholics believe about the following things Pope Mary bread and wine?

Answer 1

Catholics believe that the Pope is the leader of the Catholic Church and God's representative on Earth. Mary is Jesus' mother and we respect and love her, just as He does. Catholics pray for Mary to intercede for them, they do not pray to her or worship her, but they do respect and love her. Catholics believe that the bread and wine they receive in Mass is the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, just as He, Himself said, and is not just a representation of the Last Supper.

Answer 2

They believe it is literally transformed into the body and the blood of Jesus Christ.

Catholics believe that the bread and wine is now the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. It is not supposed to be a representation of it. We believe that God is actually there, and that it is actually Jesus's body.

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Catholic AnswerIt's just the Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is rarely used by the Catholic Church.

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When the priest consecrates the bread and wine, he is re-presenting the sacrifice of Our Blessed Lord on the Cross and re-enacting the Last Supper to present the graces of these actions to the people present. This is not crucifying Jesus again, but, think of it sort of like a time tunnel - as with God there is no time, so that all things are present to Him all the time. At the Mass, you are seeing things from God's point of view, you are actually witnessing the once and only sacrifice of Christ on Calvary, normally, from our point of view, it would be two thousand years ago: at the Mass, we see it from God's point of view and are actually present.

from Pocket Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J., Doubleday c 1980, 1985

Eucharist. The true Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, who is really and substantially present under the appearances of bread and wine, in order to offer himself in the sacrifice of the Mass and to be received as spiritual food in Holy Communion. It is called Eucharist, or "Thanksgiving", because at its institution at the Last Supper Christ "gave thanks," and by this fact it is the supreme object and act of Christian gratitude to God.

Although the same name is used, the Eucharist is any one or all three aspects of one mystery, namely the Real Presence, the Sacrifice, and Communion. As Real Presence, the Eucharist is Christ in His abiding action of High Priest, continuing now to communicate the graces He merited on Calvary; and as Communion, it is Christ coming to enlighten and strengthen the believer by nourishing his soul for eternal life.

from The Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, English translation 1994

The Sacrament of the Eucharist

1323 "At the Last Supper, on the night he was betrayed, our Savior instituted the Eucharistic sacrifice of his Body and Blood. This he did in order to perpetuate the sacrifice of the cross throughout the ages until he should come again, and so to entrust to his beloved Spouse, The church, a memorial of his death and resurrection: a sacrament of love, a sign of unity, a bond of charity, a Paschal banquet 'in which Christ is consumed, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory is give to us.'" (Sacrasanctum concilium 47)

I. The Eucharist-Source and Summit of Ecclesial Life

1324 The Eucharist is "the source and summit of the Christian life." (Lumen Gentium 11) The other sacraments, and indeed all ecclesiastical ministries and works of the apostolate, are bound up with the Eucharist and are oriented toward it. For in the blessed Eucharist is contained the whole spiritual good of the Church, namely Christ himself, our Pasch." (Presbyterorum ordinis 5)

1325 "The Eucharist is the efficacious sign and sublime cause of that communion in the divine life and that unity of the People of God by which the church is kept in being. It is the culmination both of God's action sanctifying the world in Christ and of the worship men offer to Christ and through him to the Father in the Holy Spirit." (Congregation of Rites, instruction, Eucharisticum mysterium 6.)

1326 Finally, by the Eucharistic celebration we already unite ourselves with the heavenly liturgy and anticipate eternal life, when God will be all in all. (Cf. 1 Cor 15:28.)

1327 In brief, the Eucharist is the sum and summary of our faith: "Our way of thinking is attuned to the Eucharist, and the Eucharist in turn confirms our way of thinking." (St. Irenaeus, Adv. Haeres. 4, 18, 5:J.P. Migne, ed., Patrologia Graeca {Paris, 1857-1866} 7/1, 1028.)

Roman Catholics believe that the bread and wine is actually changed into the body and blood of Jesus Christ. It is called the Holy Eucharist. The bread and wine do not represent His body and blood, they actually are His body and blood.

Answer 3

Normally, Catholics only bless food right before Easter for their Easter meal, although it can be done anytime. However, I think that you are asking about consecration, not blessing. During the Eucharist (the Mass), the bread and wine are consecrated during the Eucharistic Prayer or Canon. When the priest pronounces the words, This is My Body, and This is My Blood the entire substance of bread and wine are gone and are replaced with the substance of Our Blessed Lord, Jesus Christ's Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity. The accidents, however, remain. This is the opposite of what we normally experience. For instance, when H2O turns from ice or snow to water and then to steam, in this instance, the substance of water remains but the accidents change (hard and cold, wet, hot and humid). Similarly when you take a tree and build a house, the substance of wood remains, but the accidents - what it looks like - change. If you read the entire sixth chapter of Saint John's Gospel, particularly the second half (although the first half is the introduction to the concept) you will see Our Blessed Lord trying to explain to the people that even though it doesn't make sense to our lowly human senses, nevertheless He is telling us that it is true and we must believe it - or leave Him! The link below contains the Church's official teaching on transubstantiation, although the word is too long for the Wiki Computer.

Answer 4

It is the body and blood of Christ.