Rebecca McCartney, a FOCUS missionary at the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga, reflects how the Christ who gave everything continues to give Himself to us in the Eucharist.
Jesus Christ truly present in the Blessed Sacrament. Mass, benediction, and eucharistic adoration aren’t just staples; they are absolute necessities in our life. We echo the early martyrs of the Church in saying, “We cannot live without the Eucharist.”
Communio begins when individuals make a prayerful and conscious decision to unite with others in Christ. When we receive our Lord in the Eucharist, it is not only a building of relationship between ourselves and Jesus.
When we receive Holy Communion, we receive the body of Christ offered on the cross, and we become the body of Christ that is His holy Church. St. Augustine of Hippo preached about receiving the Blessed Sacrament: “Believe what you see, see what you believe, and become what you are: the body of Christ.”