Baptism opens the door to the Eucharist. The Eucharist is
the sacrament through which Jesus enters into an intimate, permanent
communion with us. It is the sacrament of the table. It is the sacrament
of food and drink. It is the sacrament of daily nurture. While baptism
is a once-in-a-lifetime event, the Eucharist can be a monthly, weekly,
or even daily occurrence. Jesus gave us the Eucharist as a constant
memory of his life and death. Not a memory that simply makes us think of
him but a memory that makes us members of his body. That is why Jesus
on the evening before he died took bread saying, "This is my Body," and
took the cup saying, "This is my Blood." By eating the Body and drinking
the Blood of Christ, we become one with him.
Henri Nouwen
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