The Church draws Her life from the Eucharist. This truth does not simply express a daily experience of faith, but recapitulates the heart of the mystery of the Church. In a variety of ways, She joyfully experiences the constant fulfillment of the promise: “Lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.” (Mt. 28:20); but, in the Holy Eucharist, through the changing of bread and wine into the body and blood of the Lord, She rejoices in this presence with unique intensity. Ever since the Pentecost, when the Church, the People of the New Covenant, began Her pilgrim journey towards Her heavenly homeland, the Divine Sacrament has continued to mark the passing of Her days, filling them with confident hope.
The Second Vatican Council rightly proclaimed that the Eucharistic sacrifice is “the source and summit of the Christian life, for the most holy Eucharist contains the Church’s entire spiritual wealth: Christ himself, our Passover and living bread. Through His own flesh, now made living and life-giving by the Holy Spirit, He offers life to men.” Consequently, the gaze of the Church is constantly turned to Her Lord, present in the Sacrament of the Altar, in which She discovers the full manifestation of His boundless love.
Encyclical Letter
Ecclesia De Eucharistia
of His Holiness Pope
John Paul II
April 17, 2003
Who goes to Eucharistic Adoration?
All Faith Communities are welcome
to Eucharistic Adoration.
"United with the angels and saints of the heavenly Church, let us adore the most Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist. Prostrate, we adore this great mystery that contain's God's new and definitive covenant with humankind in Christ." - Pope John Paul II
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"From the Eucharist comes strength to live the Christian life and zeal to share that life with others." - Pope John Paul II
