What is the Holy Eucharist, the Blessed Sacrament?
The Holy Eucharist, the Blessed Sacrament, is Jesus Himself. Jesus gave us the gift of His Body and Blood, the Blessed Sacrament, on the first Holy Thursday night. At every Catholic Mass, the bread and wine, “By the words of Christ and the invocation of the Holy Spirit, become Christs Body and Blood” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, #1333). The Holy Eucharist (Blessed Sacrament) is the Body and Blood of Jesus. After that Last Supper, Jesus went with His friends to the Garden of Gethsemani. It was there that Jesus asked them, “Could you not watch one hour with Me?” (Mt 26:40). This is the same invitation that Jesus gives to us today. Pope John Paul II writes, “Remaining in silence before the Blessed Sacrament, it is Christ totally and really present whom we discover, whom we adore and with whom we are in contact” (Letter to Bishop of Liege, 1996). Through Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, we express our love and friendship to Jesus. How does a Holy Hour of Eucharistic Adoration make
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