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The Eucharist
 


"Whoever remains in me", says the Lord, "will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing" (Jn 15: 5). The secret of spiritual fruitfulness is union with God, union that is realized especially in the Eucharist.

 
Regina Caeli
St Peter's Square
14 May 2006

 
 
 
The Eucharist
 


At the Last Supper, Jesus established the Sacrament of His Body and His Blood, the Memorial of His Paschal Sacrifice. By doing so he put Himself in the place of the ancient sacrifices, but He did so in the context of a rite, which he ordered the Apostles to perpetuate as a supreme sign of the true sacrifice, which is Him. With this faith...day after day we celebrate the Eucharistic Mystery, and adore it as the centre of our lives and the heart of the world.

 
Homily
Solemnity of Corpus Christi
Basilica of St. John Lateran
8 June 2012

 
 
 
The Eucharist
 


Meditate…on the profound and indissoluble bond that unites the Eucharistic celebration with the mystery of the cross.

 
Angelus Address
Castel Gandolfo
11 September 2005

 
 
 
The Eucharist
 


The Eucharist is the memorial of the whole paschal mystery: passion, death, descent into hell, resurrection and ascension to heaven; and the cross is the tangible manifestation of the infinite act of love with which the Son of God has saved man and the world from sin and death.

 
Angelus Address
Castel Gandolfo
11 September 2005

 
 
 
The Eucharist
 


Let us ask the Lord to help us rediscover the importance of nourishing ourselves not only with bread, but with truth, love, Christ, the body of Christ.

 
Angelus Address
Castel Gandolfo
29 July 2012

 
 
 
The Eucharist
 


In Christ, God was made flesh and gave himself to us in the mystery of the Most Holy Eucharist.

 
Homily
Our Lady Star of Evangelization
Rome
10 December 2006

 
 
 
The Eucharist
 


Jesus says to the people: 'I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, whoever believes in me will never thirst.' Let us put our faith in him, and let us put our trust in his promises, so that we may have life in abundance.

 
Angelus Address
Castel Gandolfo
5 August 2012

 
 
 
The Eucharist
 


Though material needs are important, Jesus wants to help people move beyond the immediate satisfaction of them,…the Lord desires to open for us a horizon of existence that is not simply that of the daily concerns of eating, of clothing, and of one’s working career. Jesus speaks of a food that does not perish; a food that we must seek and welcome.

 
Angelus Address
Castel Gandolfo
5 August 2012

 

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