Eucharist, Communion
See also: Communion (of the saints).
According to Catholic faith, the Eucharist is the true body and the true blood of Jesus Christ present under the appearances of bread and wine by transubstantiation. The faithful who receive it obtain supernatural graces which, when united to a firm and active will of the Soul, help it to sanctify itself, to resemble more and more the one it receives in the sacrament, Jesus-Christ.
In "The Gospel as It Was Revealed to Me"
- The qualities of adorers of the Body of Christ (in the crib) present in The Shepherds of the Nativity: faith – generosity – humility – desire – promptness to obedience – love.[1]
- I cultivate you, and finally I will give you such a sap that a more powerful one cannot exist.[2]
- Institution of the seven Sacraments: Baptism – Reconciliation – Sacrament of the sick – Ordination – Marriage – Confirmation – Eucharist.[3]
- I can give myself, I can transubstantiate out of love for men, so that the bread becomes Flesh and the Flesh becomes Bread, for the spiritual hunger of men.[4]
- "Take and eat. This is my Body. Do this in memory of Me who am going away." - "Take and drink. This is my Blood. This is the chalice of the new covenant in Blood and by my Blood which will be shed for you for the remission of your sins and to give you Life. Do this in memory of Me."[5]
- When you consecrate for yourselves the Bread and the Wine and make them my Body and my Blood, you will do a great thing, supernaturally great and sublime. To do this worthily you must be pure since you will touch the One who is Pure and you will feed on the Flesh of a God.[6]
- Jesus orders Peter and James to take bread, break it into pieces and fill a chalice with wine, the largest there is on the tables. They obey and hold before Him the bread and wine, and Jesus extends His hands upon them praying with no other action than the rapture of his gaze...[7]
- (Mary) I believe, as no one will believe with such power, that the Bread and Wine is He, in His Flesh and in His Blood.[8]
- Institution of Sunday Worship: (Peter) decided to start regular Agape meals and to celebrate the regular mysteries the day after each Sabbath. For he says that now is the Lord's day since it is the day on which He has risen and appeared to many, to confirm them in faith in His eternal Nature as God. The Sabbath as it was for the Hebrews no longer exists.[9]
In Other Works by Maria Valtorta
The Notebooks of 1943
- Dictation of December 29 : believe in the Name of the Merciful God who loves you so much that He wanted to experience the life and the death of the earth, and to become Food to nourish your weakness and Sacrament to remain among you beyond His return to heaven and bring God within you.[10]
In Foundational Christian Texts
In the Bible
- יהוה has left a memorial of His wonders. יהוה is tenderness and mercy. He gives food to those who fear Him. He remembers His Covenant forever.[11]