Christ is the Eucharist body, soul and divinity is our life on earth. With Him, life is nothing and means nothing. If we eat his body and drink his blood then we will have life in us, an abundant life and life eternal. Our eating Christ’s flesh and drinking his body is not symbolic and figurative. It is the Real Presence of his Body and Blood to us.
The Eucharist is the fountain of Christian Life. That is, it is the source and summit of the Christian life and Church. This is the affirmation of the Vatican II document. The Christian life is a journey of perfection towards a spirituality oriented towards Heaven and God. It is a weary journey that needs food to strengthen us on the way.
The body and blood of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ is not only a sacrament of the Church. The celebration of the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist is a pure, perfect and living sacrifice. The Eucharist is the sacrifice of the cross where Christ´s body was immolated, and his blood was poured out for us.