THE EUCHARIST

1. SIGN: To start our topic.

Let's prepare our environment, we will use a table in the center, plain bread, the Bible, a candle or
light. (napkin)

Read and meditate now, Luke 22, 14-19, I invite you to meditate, Jesus renewing his promises,
and your request is to do this in my memory.

This bread is not blessed, but I still invite you to share a piece with those who...
Study this topic. And do not eat it first, contemplate it in your hand and meditate on the following.

questions:

What do we get from this bread? Calories, energy, vitamins… etc.

I invite you to eat this small piece of bread and while you do, listen to the song of
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Father of goodness who loves man so much that you have made us in your image and
similarity to you, we ask you to grant us the grace to be able to contemplate you in every marvel of your
creation, but above all grant us the ability to worship you and prepare ourselves properly for
to take you in the Holy Eucharist.

Amen.
 2. MAIN THEME: PASCAL MYSTERY – THE EUCHARIST

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The mysteries of the life of Christ constitute the foundation of what now, through
the ministers of his Church, Christ himself dispenses in the sacraments.
What was visible in our Savior has passed to his sacraments." (Saint Leo the Great)

The Eucharist is the sacrament that makes present, in the liturgical celebration of the
Church, the Person of Jesus Christ (all Christ: Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity) and his
redemptive sacrifice, in the fullness of the Paschal Mystery of his passion, death, and resurrection.
This presence is not static or passive (like that of an object in a place) but active, because the
The Lord makes Himself present with the dynamism of His saving love: in the Eucharist, He invites us to
to embrace the salvation that He offers us and to receive the gift of His Body and His Blood as
food of eternal life, allowing us to enter into communion with Him —with His Persona and His
sacrifice— and in communion with all the members of his Mystical Body which is the Church.

Eucharist: It comes from Greek and means 'Action of thanksgiving'; here we show gratitude to God for
the sacrifice He made by dying on the cross for each one of us, at the Last Supper
The gospel teaches us that Jesus said, 'this is my body and this is my blood' in this sacrament.
Jesus perpetuates his love for each one of us by remaining in this divine Sacrament and
Since then, his real presence remains among us.

"Thanksgiving" for staying among us. The great miracle of his death and resurrection
celebrated in each Eucharist there, where after being consecrated, it is no longer just bread, but it
it is transformed into the body and blood of Jesus. This sacrament continues to be celebrated, thanks to the

Jesus' mandate in saying 'Do this in memory of me'

The love of God is eternal, in the Old Testament we see in Exodus 16, 12-15 when the people of
God was crossing the desert towards the promised land, feeling hungry, and God sent the manna, then
they had the strength to continue on their way.

In the book 1 Samuel 21:5-7, it tells us how David ate the consecrated bread of the Lord.
and through this they satisfied their hunger and continued to carry out God's project.

We see then that God always feeds His children for their good, for their salvation. But in the
The Most Holy Eucharist is not a physical food that is offered to us, but it is Christ who gives himself entirely.

it is also offered as food for our souls. In this sacrament is found

"transubstantiation" this means that, in the consecration, Jesus is now alive with his body,
blood and divinity, that is why in every fraction of bread Jesus is complete, after the
consecration of the sacred species of bread and of the wine, in a holy mass, celebrated by a
duly ordained priest.
SS. Paul VI explains that the bread and wine are transubstantiated, meaning that it was one thing and becomes another.
in another, now the bread is not bread, it is Jesus, what remains of the bread is called philosophically

bread accident refers to the taste, touch, smell, and appearance, this remains and adheres to
Jesus Christ. Thomas Aquinas said, 'In judging You, sight, touch, and taste are mistaken;'
but the ear is enough to believe firmly; I believe everything that the Son of God has said: nothing is more
true that this Word of truth" (fragment from the hymn "Adoro Te Devote"). Matthew 26,
26, clearly tells us "this is my body and this is my blood." This is an act of love for
each one of his children. That is why the ear does not betray, and we believe in the word of God as truth
full. Then the bread is no longer bread, it is the body of Christ and the wine is now the blood of Jesus.

This great miracle is the most beautiful miracle, the miracle of the Eucharist, the miracle of love.

Participating in the Eucharistic sacrifice, the source and summit of all Christian life, they offer to God the
Divine victim and they offer themselves together with her (1)

Just as our body needs food to grow, be healthy, and have energy, our
the soul needs to be nourished by the Eucharist to grow in grace, to be holy, and to inherit life
eternal. John 6:51: He who eats my body and drinks my blood has eternal life. It is a
commandment, take eat, do this in memory of me, so that you may have eternal life.

Through baptism we are children of God and co-heirs of his kingdom, but to reach that eternal life it is
necessary to live in grace. This grace is achieved in relation to living in friendship and union with
God, the Eucharist has its roots in the gift of Christ himself. 'Those who have been raised to the
dignity of the royal priesthood by Baptism and more profoundly configured with Christ by
the Confirmation, they participate through the Eucharist with the whole community in the sacrifice
same of the Lord" (2).

To be worthy of the Holy Eucharist, we also have some conditions. Not only studying.
the catechism, but rather to be properly prepared and certain conditions from the part of the soul
like by part of the body: they are simple and you will surely learn them.
 1. To be in the grace of God. This means that you must have properly confessed or
not having serious sin.

2. Keep an hour of fasting before receiving communion, you should not eat or drink anything beforehand.

to take the sacred body of our Lord Jesus. But if it is permitted to drink water or the
medicine.

God has loved us so much that not only does He send His Most Holy Son, but He also wants to remain.
in the sacrament of the Eucharist. When we take communion, we host the body within us.
mystical of our Lord. Let us remember what Saint Dominic did, wise at only 7 years of age,
before going to communion, he properly prepared his confession by writing down each of his faults in a
paper, this ensured that his soul was clean enough to receive his great friend
and Lord, then he knelt before his parents and asked for forgiveness for all disobediences or wrongdoings
mice that would have made them pass, wanted in that moment their soul to be completely free
to receive God in the holy Eucharist. And he made his great purpose before our Lord in the
moment of communion, 'I prefer to die rather than sin.' This lifestyle led him to the
holiness, great friends of God, Saint Tarcisius, Saint José Sánchez del Río, who only asked for the
Holy Eucharist to gain strength to be a witness of God and the Most Holy Virgin of Guadalupe, Saint
Laura Vicuña, who offered herself for her mother's conversion during her first communion, succeeded.

We must know that in the Eucharist Jesus is fully alive, and we have the gift that the
angels do not possess, receive it as food, angels only contemplate and praise it, we
we can contemplate, praise, and obtain. Jesus is our best friend and desires to come to our
heart, to dwell in it, is his real presence.

The Eucharist is the foundation and the center of our faith, it is the greatest gift that God has given to us.
men, the greatest treasure that the Church possesses. 'I am the bread of life, whoever comes to Me already
he will not hunger; he who believes in Me will never thirst (John 6:35). He who eats my flesh and drinks
my blood is in Me and I in it... He who eats me will live because of Me... He who eats me will live for

always” (Jn 6:53-59).

Saint Bernard used to say at every holy mass: 'At that moment, the angels surround the priest,
giving him an honor guard. The angels fill the church, surround the altar, and contemplate
ecstatic about the sublimity and greatness of the Lord.
The Eucharist is the very sacrifice of the Body and Blood of the Lord Jesus, which He instituted.
to perpetuate through the centuries, until His second coming, the sacrifice of the Cross, thus entrusting to the
Church, the memorial of His Death and Resurrection. It is a sign of unity, a bond of charity and
Easter banquet, in which Christ is received, the soul is filled with grace and a pledge is given to us.
of eternal life, so it is not something important, but it is essential, without Christ there is no
Christians, it is not enough to believe; it is necessary to live the faith.

The holy priest of Ars advises us: "To approach communion, you will rise with great
humility, you will kneel in the presence of the sacramented Jesus, you will put all your effort into reviving
your faith. Your mind and your heart must be centered on Jesus. Be careful not to turn your head to one and
another side. If you must wait for a few moments, awaken in your heart a fervent love for
Jesus Christ. Supplicate Him to deign to come to your poor heart. And after having had the immense
after communing, you will rise modestly, return to your place, and kneel down. You must
to converse for a few moments with Jesus, whom you have the joy of harboring in your heart where
for a quarter of an hour, he is in body and soul as in his mortal life

We must prepare our hearts to receive Him at that moment, to receive all the
blessings that are offered to us in this most holy Bread. Jesus awaits us patiently in the
communion and on the day of our first communion there is so much joy in heaven, because since
then Jesus will dwell in our hearts as many times as we want, as many times
as great as our love for him.

I end by sharing what Saint John Paul II says: "The first communion is, undoubtedly,"
an unforgettable encounter with Jesus, a day that is always remembered as one of the most
beautiful things in life. The Eucharist, instituted by Christ, is the most important of
sacraments... To approach the holy communion, one must have received baptism; this is
the first sacrament and the most necessary for salvation.

FINAL REFLECTION

Life of Saint Tarcisius

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