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What
is the Eucharist?
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The Eucharist is "the source and
summit of the Christian life."
The
other sacraments, and indeed all ecclesiastical
ministries and works of the apostolate,
are bound up with the Eucharist and are
oriented toward it.
(Catechism
para. 1324)
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Pope
John Paul II said in his encyclical Ecclesia
De Eucharistia (On The Eucharist In Its Relationship
To The Church), para. 22:
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Incorporation
into Christ, which is brought about by Baptism,
is constantly renewed and consolidated by sharing
in the Eucharistic Sacrifice, especially by that
full sharing which takes place in sacramental
communion. We can say not only that each of us
receives Christ, but also that Christ receives
each of us. He enters into friendship with us:
"You are my friends" (John 15:14 ).
Indeed, it is because of him that we have life:
"He who eats me will live because of me"
(John 6:57).
What
did Jesus mean???
John
6:24-35
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