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Pope John Paul II wrote, “Many problems darken the horizon of our time. We need but think of the urgent need to work for peace, to base relationships between peoples on solid premises of justice and solidarity, and to defend human life from conception to its natural end. And what should we say of the thousand inconsistencies of a “globalized” world where the weakest, the most powerless and the poorest appear to have so little hope! It is in this world that Christian hope must shine forth![1]

 For this reason, too, the Lord wished to remain with us in the Eucharist, making his presence in meal and sacrifice, the promise of humanity renewed by his love. Significantly, in their account of the Last Supper, the Synoptic Gospels recount the institution of the Eucharist, which was preceded by the healing and feeding of thousands. While the Gospel of John relates, as a way of bringing out its profound meaning, the account of the “washing of the feet,” in which Jesus appears as the teacher of communion and of service (cf. Jn 13:1-20).

The Apostle Paul, for his part, says that it is “unworthy” of a Christian community to partake of the Lord’s Supper amid division, indifference towards the poor, or in an unworthy manner. “Let a man examine himself and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For any one who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgement upon himself. That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some have died.” (cf. 1 Cor 11:17-22, 27-34).[2]

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[1] Ecclesia De Eucharistia, Pope John Paul II, No. 20.

[2] Cf. Ecclesia De Eucharistia, 20. 

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