POPE JOHN PAUL II: GREAT APOSTLE OF THE EUCHARIST

E - Eat His Body, Drink His Blood (Jn 6:53; 1 Cor 11:28): "Participate fully in the Eucharist by receiving the body and blood of Christ" (36).*  "Mass [is] fundamental for the life of the Church and of individual believers" (41).*

Union with Jesus: "It is pleasant to spend time with him, to lie close to his breast like the Beloved Disciple (cf. Jn 13:25) and to feel the infinite love present in his heart . . . .  How often . . . have I experienced this, and drawn from it strength, consolation and support!" (25).* 

C - Communion with God (Jn 17:11): "In the Eucharist we have Jesus, we have his redemptive sacrifice, we have his resurrection, we have the gift of the Holy Spirit, we have adoration, obedience and love of the Father" (60).*

H - Heart of The Church (Mt 28:20): The Holy Eucharist is "the heart of the mystery of the Church. 'Lo, I am with you always'"(1).*

A - Adore Jesus: "I wish once more to recall this truth and to join you, my dear brothers and sisters, in adoration before this mystery: a great mystery, a mystery of mercy. What more could Jesus have done for us? Truly, in the Eucharist, he shows us a love which goes 'to the end' (cf. Jn 13:1), a love which knows no measure" (11).*

Receive Jesus (Jn 20:21): "From . . . the sacrifice of the Cross and her communion with the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist, the Church draws the spiritual power needed to carry out her mission" (22).*

Intercede (Jn 6:56): "Christians must be distinguished above all by the 'art of prayer,' . . . spend time in spiritual converse, in silent adoration, in heartfelt love before Christ present in the Most Holy Sacrament" (25).*

S - Sacrifice (Mt 26:28; Mk 14:24; Lk 22:20): "The Eucharistic Sacrifice . . . is the source and summit of the whole Christian life" (13).*

T - Thanksgiving (Lk 24:33): "Once we have truly met the Risen One by partaking of his body and blood, we cannot keep to ourselves the joy we have experienced" (24).**  "Christians ought to be committed to bearing more forceful witness to God's presence in the world. We should not be afraid to speak about God and to bear proud witness to our faith" (26).**

Pope John Paul II: *Ecclesia de Eucharistia.  **Mane Nobiscum Domine.

Pope John Paul the Great, pray for us . . . . to believe, receive, love,

adore, venerate and encounter Jesus in the Most Holy Eucharist!

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