Eucharistic Reflection - How Shall We Act?

 

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“The Eucharist is the fundamental norm for our actions. Jesus’ Eucharistic sacrifice is our ideal, our guiding principle, our rule. A rule that is much more demanding than a monastery rule, since it does not leave anything in life unaffected. When we wonder how we shall act, the answer is: ‘Look at the Eucharist!’ There is the Christian life in its fullness.

The Christian ethic is a Eucharistic ethic. Jesus has instituted the Eucharist so that we will have His sacrifice in our midst as a constant source of inspiration and a clear reference point. The Eucharist is the criterion when it is a question of judging our actions! Are they or are they not in accord with the Eucharist?

Christians have always known that the Eucharist must bear fruit in daily life if one does not wish to be ‘a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal’ (1 Cor 13:1). But in the last decades, the Church has become evermore aware that the Eucharist is intended to penetrate everything we do.”

 

(Wilfried Stinissen, O,C.D. from Bread That Is Broken)

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