The Eucharist makes the Church

"It is not sufficient to say that the Eucharist is

at the center of the Church, because actually,

the Eucharist makes the Church!  It builds it from

within and weaves it round itself like a robe. 

It is said that two sacraments in particular

"make" the Church:  baptism and the Eucharist. 

But whereas baptism makes the Church

grow quantitatively, as it were, in size and number,

the Eucharist makes her grow qualitatively,

in strength, because it transforms her ever

more deeply into the image of Christ, her Head."

Raniero Cantalamessa

The Eucharist, Our Sanctification