TITLE III:
THE BLESSED EUCHARIST (Cann. 897 - 958)
Can.
897 The most venerable sacrament is the blessed Eucharist, in which Christ the
Lord himself is contained, offered and received, and by which the Church
continually lives and grows. The eucharistic Sacrifice, the memorial of the
death and resurrection of the Lord, in which the Sacrifice of the cross is
forever perpetuated, is the summit and the source of all worship and christian
life. By means of it the unity of God's people is signified and brought about,
and the building up of the body of Christ is perfected. The other sacraments
and all the apostolic works of Christ are bound up with, and directed to, the
blessed Eucharist.
Can.
898 Christ's faithful are to hold the blessed Eucharist in the highest honour.
They should take an active part in the celebration of the most august Sacrifice
of the Mass; they should receive the sacrament with great devotion and
frequently, and should reverence it with the greatest adoration. In explaining
the doctrine of this sacrament, pastors of souls are assiduously to instruct
the faithful about their obligation in this regard.
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