Receiving Christ in the Holy Eucharist in the highlight of my each day and whole life. I am going to put in one quote what Jesus said to the Jews in John 6 that's relevant to this post: "I am the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world. Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever." Now you see why I feel so upbeat about receiving the Eucharist. It is also the very mean of achieving union with God! A church without the Eucharist is like a crucifix with no Jesus on it.
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