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The Eucharist
 


Millions of times over the past twenty centuries—in the humblest chapels and in the most magnificent basilicas and cathedrals—the risen Lord has given himself to his people, thus becoming, in the famous expression of St. Augustine, ‘more intimate to us than we are to ourselves’.

 
Homily
Esplanade des Invalides
Paris. France
13 September 2008

 
 
 
The Eucharist
 


Every liturgical assembly is a space for the presence of God. Gathered for the Blessed Eucharist, disciples of the Lord proclaim that he is risen, that he is alive and is the Giver of life; and let us witness that his presence is grace, it is fulfillment, it is joy.

 
Homily
Eucharistic Concelebration
Viterbo, Italy
6 September 2009

 
 
 
The Eucharist
 


In celebrating the Eucharist, we proclaim that he did not withdraw from the world, that he did not leave us alone and, even though we cannot see and touch him as with material and tangible realities, he is in any case with us and among us. Indeed, he is in us, because he can attract to himself and communicate his life to every believer who opens his/her heart to him.

 
Homily
Basilica of San Lorenzo
Rome
30 November 2008

 
 
 
The Eucharist
 


The Eucharist makes the Risen Christ constantly present.

 
Message
College of Cardinals
20 April 2005

 
 
 
The Eucharist
 


It is in Christ, dead and risen, and in the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, given without measure (cf. Jn 3:34), that we have become sharers of God's inmost life. Jesus Christ, who "through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God" (Heb 9:14), makes us, in the gift of the Eucharist, sharers in God's own life.

 
Apostolic Exhortation on the Eucharist
'Sacramentum Caritatis'

 
 
 
The Eucharist
 


Each time you come to the altar for the celebration of the Eucharist may your souls open to forgiveness and fraternal reconciliation, ready to accept the excuses of those who have hurt you and ready, in your turn, to forgive.

 
Dedication of a new Altar
Cathedral of San Pancrazio
Albano, Italy
21 September 2008

 
 
 
The Eucharist
 


We celebrate the Eucharist in the awareness that its price was the death of the Son - the sacrifice of his life that remains present in it. Every time we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes, St Paul says. But we also know that from this death springs life, because Jesus transformed it into a sacrificial gesture, an act of love, thereby profoundly changing it: love has overcome death.

 
Homily, Opening Mass
Synod of Bishops
Vatican Basilica
2 October 2005

 
 
 
The Eucharist
 


In the Eucharist, that perfect gift which brings to fulfilment the plan of love for the redemption of the world, Jesus offers Himself freely for the salvation of mankind.

 
Message for:
46th World Day of Prayer for Vocations
31 March 2009

 

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