From Our Holy Father, Pope John Paul II's World Youth Day homily
on Sunday, August 24, 1997 in
"Rabbi, where are you staying?" Each day the Church
responds: Christ is present in the Eucharist, in the sacrament of His death and
resurrection. In and through the Eucharist, you acknowledge the dwelling-place
of the Living God in human history.
For the Eucharist is the Sacrament of the Love which conquers
death. It is the Sacrament of the Covenant, pure Gift of Love for the
reconciliation of all humanity. It is the gift of the Real Presence of Jesus, the
Redeemer, in the bread which is His Body given up for us, in the wine which is
His Blood poured out for all.
Thanks to the Eucharist, constantly renewed among all peoples of
the world, Christ continues to build His church: He brings us together in
praise and thanksgiving for salvation, in the communion which only infinite
love can forge.
The Eucharistic mystery is in fact the "summit of
evangelization" (Lumen gentium, n. 28), for it is the most eminent
testimony to Christ's Resurrection. All interior life needs silence and
intimacy with Christ in order to develop."
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