On the Eucharist (book)

On the Eucharist

The Eucharist integrates one another with each other thru receiving the Blessed Sacrament . Eucharist is a sweet recollection of the presence of Christ in us Eucharist is the celebrations of the last suffer of Jesus Christ with his disciple on the eve of his arrest and eventual crucifixion . The Eucharist is being celebrated by both the Roman Catholic Church and Protestants although they differ in the theological meaning . One of the factors that give meaning to the celebrations of the holy Eucharist is Jesus parting words to his

disciples giving significance to that upper room dinner , not withstanding the earlier revelations of Jesus Christ 's omniscience to his disciples . Jesus statement with his disciple was Do this remembrance of me

According to Cantalamessa , the celebration of the holy Eucharist includes two aspects : Celebration and Contemplation . It was in the contemplation according to Catalan that we received the grace of the Sacrament , which then molds our beings . The Biblical reference for the contemplation was when Mary was first told about the divine plan she had first contemplated in her heart the words of the angel before she conceived in her body . Cantalamessa pointed out that Christians must first received Christ in his mind , before receiving him in his body . To receive Christ in the mind Cantalamessa explained that one needs to remember him and the sign (cross ) that he himself chose to remain among us . Cantalamessa explain that to take on Eucharistic contemplation means to establish a sincere connection with Jesus present in the host Cantalamessa mentioned that contemplation involves meditation in to search for the truth and for it to prevail . Even Paul the apostle when he echoed the teaching of Jesus about the proper way of observing the celebration of the holy Eucharist , to the Corinthian believers , he also admonish them to search themselves or they may not be qualified to partake in the holy Eucharist . The point that Cantalamessa was explaining was that the true meaning and observance of the holy Eucharist has not been attained in the celebration . Cantalamessa , noted that the individual alone knows exactly what really the content of his heart but one needs to really absorbed the thoughts and feelings of Christ with a more seeking heart of the reason why Jesus give his flesh and blood now available in the sacraments . Cantalamessa illustrated the process of absorbing the thoughts and feelings of Christ in the way that plants absorbed nutrients coming from all elements that gives nutrient The process was thoroughly absorbed by the plants with the help of the sun or the so-called process of photosynthesis . Cantalamessa wholly explain the whole thing about the holy Eucharist , the son referring to Jesus Christ , the Holy Spirit as the nutriments and the great tree is the church

Thus , in the celebration of the holy Eucharist , it was quite clear that partakers should not just take the celebration for granted as the sacrament is seen as a divine operation of God...