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Jesus is really present in the Eucharist

GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de The Last Communion of St Joseph of Calasanz 1819 Oil on canvas, 250 x 180 cm Escuelas Pías de San Antón, Madrid. Jesus is really present in the Eucharist. 29. Compendium of the Catechism. 282. How is Christ present in the Eucharist? 1373-1375 1413

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Jesus is really present in the Eucharist

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  1. GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de The Last Communion of St Joseph of Calasanz 1819 Oil on canvas, 250 x 180 cm Escuelas Pías de San Antón, Madrid Jesus is really present in the Eucharist 29

  2. Compendium of the Catechism • 282. How is Christ present in the Eucharist? • 1373-13751413 • Jesus Christ is present in the Eucharist in a unique and incomparable way. He is present in a true, real and substantial way, with his Body and his Blood, with his Soul and his Divinity. In the Eucharist, therefore, there is present in a sacramental way, that is, under the Eucharistic species of bread and wine, Christ whole and entire, God and Man.

  3. Introduction • We know that Christ died, rose and ascended into Heaven, where He sits at the right hand of the Father. But He is also present in the Church in different ways: above all under the sacramental species of bread and wine, which contain the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, as the faith teaches us. • Our Lord remained truly present with His Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity. • The Eucharist contains the real body of Christ, who was born of the Virgin Mary and is seated at the right hand of God the Father. This is the truth that Christians have believed from the beginning. BOTTICELLI, Sandro Last Communion of St Jerome c. 1495 Tempera on panel, 34,5 x 25,4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

  4. Main ideas

  5. 1. The same Christ is present in the Eucharist • The Council of Trent made it clear that the Eucharist contains really, truly and substantially the body and blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ along with His soul and divinity: the whole Christ. • This is known as the real presence of Christ in the sacrament of the Eucharist. • It is “real” not exclusively, as if the other ways of being present were not real, but because of its excellence, because it is substantial, and because Christ, God and man, is totally present, as Pope Paul VI explained. • That lamp that burns day and night near the Tabernacle reminds us that Jesus is really present there. SIGNORELLI, Luca Communion of the Apostles 1512 Panel, 232 x 220 cm Museo Diocesano, Cortona

  6. 2. Transubstantiation • When the priest says “This is my body”, “This is the cup of my blood”, becomes the Body and Blood of Christ. This is what the faith teaches us, and God’s word cannot fail. The divine power conferred on the priest has produced a change, a conversion. It is a conversion of substances, not of accidents: the external appearances have not changed. What was the substance of bread has changed into the substance of Christ, the body of Christ. • This marvellous and unique conversion is known as transubstantiation. It is an exceptional mystery that human reason is unable to understand, but which God performs through His minister, the priest. CRESPI, Giuseppe Maria Communion 1712 Oil on canvas, 128 x 95 cm Gemäldegalerie, Dresden

  7. 3. Jesus Christ is really present in the consecrated host and in each of its parts • When the priest consecrates many hosts, we believe that Jesus Christ is present in each and every one of them. • We also believe that, if a host is divided into several parts, Christ is wholly present in each of them. • That is why the priest carefully collects the particles of the consecrated hosts, even if they are very small. • Our Lord remained because of Love, and with love we have to treat Him. SASSETTA Miracle of the Eucharisty 1423 Panel, 24 x 38 cm Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle

  8. 4. Christians should manifest faith and love for the Eucharist • Christians have always practised this worship with different Eucharistic devotions : • Holy Thursday. • The feast of Corpus Christi. • Exposition and benediction with the Blessed Sacrament. • Spending time with Our Lord sacramentally present. • Many prayers that nourish Eucharistic piety: • Spiritual communions. • Adoro Te devote. • prayers before and after communion, etc. • Guided by faith, it is a noble human gesture to offer to Our Lord in the Tabernacle that which is best : • a rich Tabernacle, good care of the sacred vessels, • periodical cleaning of the Tabernacle; • we should show respect and adoration by way of genuflection, • frequent visits to the Blessed Sacrament, etc. Corpus Christi Procession (Toledo - Spain)

  9. Resolutions for Christian life

  10. Resolutions to move forward • Try to visit Our Lord in the Tabernacle every day. • When entering a church, look for Our Lord in the Tabernacle.

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