Jesus and the Eucharist: Receiving the True Bread of Life

Throughout his time on earth there were many important things Jesus said and did.  However, the gift our Lord gave of himself, namely his body and his blood the night before he took on the Cross is the greatest fulfillment of that promise for Resurrection that we celebrate as a Church. During the last supper, essentially the first ever mass, Jesus Christ laid out the beautiful foundation of our holy Catholic faith. Through the breaking of the bread (his body) and drinking of wine (his blood) with the apostles, Christ gave his entire being to us.  Jesus was explicit and told us to take his body and to eat it and to drink his blood so that we could receive eternal life. Our Lord commanded us to celebrate this again and again so we are filled with something far greater than physical food.  By taking part in his Communion we receive soul filled nourishment for our spiritual journey.  Today we discuss Jesus as the true bread of life and how by receiving the Eucharist, we become a living tabernacle of the Lord.