The Eucharist is an important part of the Catholic life and has extreme significance to the Church and its people. This significance strongly asserted by the Catholic Church due to the fact that the Eucharist is the only time that the "Real Presence of Jesus" can be found as the body and blood of Christ; represented by the Bread and Wine.
The Significance of the Eucharist is not only deviated from the fact that it is the Real Presence of Jesus; but is important and significant as it is food for the nurturing of our soul in the form of Jesus.
It is seen in the Papal Encyclical: Ecclesia de Eucharistia, in Chapter one that Pope John Paul II clearly states that "The Second Vatican Council rightly proclaimed that the Eucharistic sacrifice is “the source and summit of the Christian life”. “For the most holy Eucharist contains the Church's entire spiritual wealth: Christ himself, our passover and living bread. Through his own flesh, now made living and life-giving by the Holy Spirit, he offers life to men”. This evidences the importance of the Eucharist due to it is the true source of spiritual wealth that is inherited by taking in the body and blood of Christ. By taking this we are receiving Jesus' sacrifice and his offer of life to men.
The Significance of the Eucharist is not only deviated from the fact that it is the Real Presence of Jesus; but is important and significant as it is food for the nurturing of our soul in the form of Jesus.
- Bread and Wine: Physical Nurturing of the Body for the Human During Mass
- Body and Blood of Christ: Found in the Bread and Wine is significant as it Nurtures the Human Soul and internally helps us cleanse our sins.
It is seen in the Papal Encyclical: Ecclesia de Eucharistia, in Chapter one that Pope John Paul II clearly states that "The Second Vatican Council rightly proclaimed that the Eucharistic sacrifice is “the source and summit of the Christian life”. “For the most holy Eucharist contains the Church's entire spiritual wealth: Christ himself, our passover and living bread. Through his own flesh, now made living and life-giving by the Holy Spirit, he offers life to men”. This evidences the importance of the Eucharist due to it is the true source of spiritual wealth that is inherited by taking in the body and blood of Christ. By taking this we are receiving Jesus' sacrifice and his offer of life to men.
The Eucharist is also a relevant and significant part of the mass because it symbolically represents so much more than a gift of the Real Presence of Christ.
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The Eucharist is also significant and important as it is the time where we remember the final moments of Christ's life in the physical world before he died for the sins of man. It reminds of the sacrifice God gave to man on Earth to remind us how we should live and act. The Eucharist is a solemn celebration in the midst of Christ's final moments on Earth before he was persecuted and crucified. |
The Eucharist is also significant due to it's connection to the Last Supper. Everytime the Eucharist is celebrated it is the reenactment of the first ever Eucharist that occurred; in conjunction with Jesus' final moments, it clearly dictates the importance of the meal we are receiving. It emulates the Last Supper and it is clear to us that Jesus and God are substantially present in the sacrament.
The video below more clearly explains the importance of the Eucharist within the Mass or Eucharistic Celebration.