CCC 1392

Christian Mystery›SECTION TWO THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH›CHAPTER ONE THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION›VI. The Paschal Banquet

eucharist baptism grace resurrection

Entities

Anointing of the Sick Baptism Eucharist Grace Holy Spirit Messiah

Topics

spirit, holy, christ, father god, covenant, people, christ baptism, baptized, christian, life

What material food produces in our bodily life, Holy Communion wonderfully achieves in our spiritual life. Communion with the flesh of the risen Christ, a flesh "given life and giving life through the Holy Spirit," preserves, increases, and renews the life of grace received at Baptism. This growth in Christian life needs the nourishment of Eucharistic Communion, the bread for our pilgrimage until the moment of death, when it will be given to us as viaticum.

Footnotes

PO 5.

Ecclesiastical Documents (1)

Presbyterorum Ordinis

Presbyterorum Ordinis 5

Cross-References (2)

CCC 1175 CCC 1324

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