The feast of this day marks one of the most important celebrations of the Catholic Church. It is the celebration of the Blessed Sacrament and the real presence of Jesus.
The second reading from first Corinthians 11, 23- 26 is the so called oldest text on the institution of the Holy Eucharist. It describes the celebration of the “first Eucharist” by Jesus. St Paul was not there as a disciple but he might have heard about it from others.
But we hear from St Paul some actions of Jesus at the Eucharistic Table:
He took bread, he gave thanks, broke it and distributed the bread as his own Body - a series of simple but great and meaningful actions, which we follow even after 2000 years. This central action of the Eucharist has not changed, because Jesus told us “to do this in remembrance of me.”
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