North Little Rock Times

St. Joseph Church - Center Ridge issued the following announcement on June 21.

The Church has always taught the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. It was universally taught and believed by the Apostles, spelled out in the Scriptures and upheld through the centuries by the saints.

“This food we call the Eucharist, of which no one is allowed to partake except one who believes that the things we teach are true, and has received the washing for forgiveness of sins and for rebirth, and who lives as Christ handed down to us. For we do not receive these things as common bread or common drink; but as Jesus Christ our Savior being incarnate by God’s Word took flesh and blood for our salvation, so also we have been taught that the food consecrated by the Word of prayer which comes from him, from which our flesh and blood are nourished by transformation, is the flesh and blood of that incarnate Jesus” (St. Justin Martyr, First Apology, circa 150 AD)

Original source can be found here.

Source: St. Joseph Church - Center Ridge