"Do this in remembrance of me (11:24)."
"Jesus foresaw a long time in which his presence would not be visible to his followers. He intended that the Church repeat this Supper again and again during that time. In these memorials he would be intimately present, the risen Lord of history leading his people toward that future day when he will be "making all things new" (Revelation 21:5)."
Catholics consider the practice of receiving Holy Communion as a very important moment of their worship of Jesus Christ. Catholics believe that in every Mass Christ is present "in the person of his priest and especially under the form of bread and wine" (The Redemptorists 41). Catholics believe that the Eucharist is "a sacrifice, and that Christ's body and blood are physically present (Religious Tolerance)." In each Mass "his death becomes a present reality" and Catholics offer his death as their sacrifice to God in a "sacramental manner" (The Redemptorists 41). In receiving Communion every Sunday Catholics enter into the core of the paschal mystery of their salvation, which is the death and resurrection of Christ.
