Eucharist
The holy Eucharist completes Christian Initiation. Those who have been raised to the dignity of the royal priesthood by Baptism, and configured more deeply to Christ by Confirmation participate with the whole community in the Lord's own sacrifice by means of the Eucharist
(Catechism of the Catholic Church 1322).
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More on the Eucharist
The Eucharist is 'the source and summit of the Christian life.' 'Teh other sacraments, and indeed all ecclesiastical ministries and works of the apostolate, are bound up with the Eucharist and are orientated towards it. For in the blessed Eucharist is contained the whole spiritual good of the Church, namely Christ himself, our Pasch'
(Catechism of the Catholic Church
1324).
The Eucharist
The Eucharist
The Lord addresses an invitation to us, urging us to reveive him in the sacrament of the Eucharist: 'Truly, I say to you, unless you eat of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.'
(Catechism of the Catholic Church
1384).
The Church obliges the faithful 'to take part in the Divine Liturgy on Sundays and feast days' and, prepared by the sacrament of Reconciliation, to receive the Eucharist at least once a year, if possible during the Easter season. But the Church strongly encourages the faithful to recive the holy Eucharist on Sundays and feast days, or more often still, even daily
(Catechism of the Catholic Church
1389).