To be nourished by Jesus in the Eucharist implies that we become nourishment for others ourselves. The nourishment that Jesus gives is his own love. The unbelievable thing about the Eucharist is that God’s own love is given to us, not as a subject to meditate upon, not as an example to follow, but as substantial food.

—Fr. Wilfrid Stinissen

from his book, Bread That Is Broken

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LIFE OF THE WORLD

In this book, a renowned spiritual writer and Carmelite priest shows how receiving the Lord in the Eucharist has profound consequences, because the Eucharist is not only the great Sacrament that brings about oneness with Christ and with the faithful but also the foundational norm for Christian behavior.

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