Holy Communion -- The Real Presence of the Risen Jesus Christ that we receive in bread and wine that are consecrated to be His Body and Blood at Mass, our Eucharistic Celebration.
holy communion -- What we become through the celebration as an assembly and by our full, conscious, active participation at Mass, in which we praise, glorify and worship God. By the Holy Communion we receive and consume, we are united together with Jesus and each other in community. We are changed to go out and affect our world through our faith-filled lives.
Our connection with Jesus changes us, through many ways including prayer, the Word of God (the Bible), the Eucharistic sacrifice and devotions. We are never to cover up the changed person we become, as Jesus says in Matthew 5: 13-16.
I heard a talk in which the message included "Together, we build up the Body of Christ, and the Body of Christ builds us up too." Holy Communion helps us be stronger in our faith, and we are necessary parts in the Body of Christ.
There is a song that includes the words, "We are One Body, One Body in Christ, and we do not stand alone." As a holy communion we support and encourage each other on our faith journey.
So receive Holy Communion regularly, and be a holy communion continually. The Eucharist (Holy Communion) is the Source and Summit of our faith, and a holy communion is our destiny. We continue to strive for it and we keep assembling together; It is the practice of our faith.
We try to be holy, but sometimes we stumble, sometimes we fall. Sometimes we turn away in our sinfulness, but we shouldn't stay that way. We are never too good that we can choose to stay away, and we are never too bad that we would be kept away. Jesus paid the price to reconcile us, and when we humbly reach out for Him, we are welcomed back into the family.
And there will be a celebration.
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