"The sacred has an educational function.
Its disappearance inevitably impoverishes culture, and especially
the formation of the new generations. ... Our Father God ...sent His
Son into the world, not to abolish the sacred but to bring it to fulfillment.
At the culmination of this mission, at the Last Supper,
Jesus established the Sacrament of His Body and His Blood, the
Memorial of His Paschal Sacrifice. By doing so he put Himself in the
place of the ancient sacrifices, but He did so in the context of a rite,
which he ordered the Apostles to perpetuate as a supreme sign
of the true sacrifice, which is Him. With this faith,
... day after day we celebrate the Eucharistic Mystery, and
adore it as the centre of our lives and the heart of the world."
Pope Benedict XVI, 8 June 2012
Homily for the celebration of Corpus Christi
Heart of Jesus, burning with love for me,
inflame my heart with love of Thee.
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