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What is the Eucharist?

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In short: The source and summit of Christian life: Christ Himself, offered and received. CCC 1324 CCC 1374

The answer, in writing

Church teaching

The Eucharist is “the source and summit of the Christian life.” CCC 1324

In it, the body and blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ are truly, really and substantially present. CCC 1374

Our words

It’s Jesus giving Himself to you as food. Everything in the Church leads to it.

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How we know · 2 Catechism paragraphs
  1. Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs 1324, 1374 (official text on vatican.va).

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