Around the Table of the Lord

69. The heart of our consecrated life is the Eucharist. In it the community finds its union strengthened¹, and from it, the community draws its dynamism and lives in union with the Church, visible and invisible.

Each day, as a community, we take part in the Eucharistic Sacrifice². We listen to the Word of God, receive the Body of Christ in communion³, and adore the Lord Himself present in the Blessed Sacrament⁴. Thus, we gradually become one with Jesus⁵, who offers Himself continually to the Father. Like Jesus, we offer our lives for others⁶.

69.1 On those days when we cannot have Mass, we celebrate a liturgy of the Word during which we receive Holy Communion.

69.2 Attendance at a parish Mass on Sundays is strongly recommended in order to show our union with the People of God gathered around the Risen Christ.