The Holy Eucharist

This is where the rubber meets the road. This is the great secret of the Catholic faith. God is with us, God is truly with us.

You are now invited to begin to contemplate the greatest mystery of faith; the mystery that changes people’s lives and the whole world. The mystery of the Holy Eucharist.

For those who can accept and truly believe this most sublime mystery, everything changes. This mystery is arguably the most difficult for people to believe, but it is true. This truth challenges perception and reason but at the same time communicates the purest love and closeness of God.

No words can prepare anybody for the mystery of the Eucharist. To accept it fully and completely is a sign that God has worked a wonder in one’s life.

The Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist

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Is Jesus really present in the Eucharist? How? And what exactly is transubstantiation? In this episode of Aquinas 101: The Sacraments, join Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., a Dominican friar from the Province of St. Joseph, as he explains how Jesus is really present in the Eucharist through transubstantiation.

What Happens When You Eat the Body of Christ?

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What happens when you eat the Body of Christ? How does receiving the Eucharist change you? In this episode of Aquinas 101: The Sacraments, join Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P., a Dominican friar from the Province of St. Joseph, as he explains how receiving the Eucharist transforms you and makes you into a member of the Body of Christ.

"So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him." (Jn 6:53–56)

"So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him." (Jn 6:53–56)