The most important of all the sacraments is the Most Holy Eucharist, since it is truly the personal Presence of Christ. In the Eucharist, Christ the Lord Himself is contained, offered, and received. By the Eucharist, the Church continually lives and grows.
The Eucharistic sacrifice, the memorial of the death and resurrection of the Lord, in which the sacrifice of the cross is perpetuated through the ages, is the summit and source of all worship and Christian life. It both signifies and effects the unity of the People of God and brings about the building up of the body of Christ. All the other sacraments and all the rest of the life and work of the Church flow from the Most Holy Eucharist and are ordered to it.
For a fuller presentation on the great gift of the Eucharist and its role in the life of the Church, see Why The Eucharist.
The Eucharistic sacrifice, the memorial of the death and resurrection of the Lord, in which the sacrifice of the cross is perpetuated through the ages, is the summit and source of all worship and Christian life. It both signifies and effects the unity of the People of God and brings about the building up of the body of Christ. All the other sacraments and all the rest of the life and work of the Church flow from the Most Holy Eucharist and are ordered to it.
For a fuller presentation on the great gift of the Eucharist and its role in the life of the Church, see Why The Eucharist.
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