The sacrament of the Eucharist is received typically in second or third grade right after receiving reconciliation. The sacrament of Eucharist is the most important sacrament. It is the most important sacrament because one receives the body and blood of Jesus Christ. This causes Jesus to be in us and gives us eternal life. Only a priest or bishop may consecrate the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ. Although priests and bishops are the only people who can perform the consecration; deacons, priests, bishops, and extraordinary ministers can distribute the Eucharist at mass. Before receiving the Holy Eucharist, one must fast for one hour to prepare for consuming the body of Christ Himself. This sacrament, much like reconciliation, must be received once a year in the Easter season but as it says in the ten commandments to 'Keep holy the Sabbath day' which is every Sunday and holy days of obligation. For people who like to go to mass more than once a day, the Eucharist must not be received no more than once a day. This is a rule because the church wants to keep the Eucharist holy and not just thought of as a snack at mass. When one receives the Holy Eucharist they form and intimate union with Christ and nourish their spiritual life. The Eucharist is also known as the medicine of grace since the church is also known as a 'hospital.' One of the most important things the Eucharist does to us when we receive it is that it Unites us to the Body of Christ and the Church. The form of this sacrament is the words of consecration. These words are " Take this, all of you, and eat of it: for this is my body which will be given up for you. Take this, all of you, and drink from it: for this is the chalice of my blood, the blood of the new and eternal covenant. Which will be poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this in memory of me." The matter is the bread and wine that transforms into the body and blood of Jesus Christ. The Mass schedule for my parish are as follows, Monday-Friday: 7:00 am & 9:00 am
Saturday: 9:00 am Weekend Masses Saturday: 4:00 pm & 5:30 pm Sunday: 7:30 am, 9:00 am (Adult Choir), 10:30 am (Family Mass, CLOWD, Youth Choir), 12:00 pm, 5:00 pm (Contemporary Group), Holy Days as announced.
Adoration is a way of devotion to Jesus Christ. In a church or a chapel, a large gold object called the monstrance holds a large Eucharist. Many people come to pray in front of this monstrance. Although Eucharist adoration is becoming more and more popular now, it has been practiced for centuries. Adoration is a time of yourself and God. Speaking during this holy time is frowned upon because people are having one on one time with the Lord. During adoration you are urged to just talk to the Lord and thank Him for all he gives you. You are also urged to ask Him for guidance or help you need with any struggles you have in your life right now. Adoration is offered every first Friday and on XLT Wednesdays at Kellenberg. Maria Regina also has it on the first Friday of every moth from noon to eight at night.
Eucharist miracles happen all the time. One of the more well known miracles happened on October 12th, 2008 in Poland. In the parish church of Saint Anthony of Sokółka, a consecrated host accidently fell to the ground during Mass and, when the priest noticed it, he believed it was dirty and so placed it in a vasculum (a small container filled with water) to dissolve it and get rid of a dirty host in the proper manner. Later, when it was brought out again, although it was partially dissolved it was still there and what was thought to be ‘dirt’ at a passing glance was in fact what at looked like a blood clot. Intense study followed and two scientists of global fame and specialists in pathological anatomy at the Medical University of Białystok were called in to lead the investigation, Professor Maria Elżbieta Sobaniec-Łotowska and Professor Stanisław Sulkowski. These two scientists studied the ‘blood clot’ independent of each other and made use of the most modern optical microscopes and the transmission electronic microscope. To further ensure no bias in the study, Professor Sulkowski was not informed that the sample which he was examining came from a host. Despite this, both scientists reached the same conclusion: the sample examined was neither a clot, nor blood… it was a human cardiac muscle tissue (heart tissue) and was still alive. The details of the heart’s condition are the same as those we’ve mentioned earlier, but the most incredible thing about this study was that, due to the advanced nature of the equipment they used, they were able to observe that the cardiac tissue was joined to the consecrated host in an inseparable manner. There is no scientific explanation for this; they penetrated each other, as if a fragment of ‘bread’ had suddenly transformed itself into ‘body’. It is not possible to manipulate an event of this type. No one, absolutely no one, would have been able to do it. “Even the scientists of NASA, who have at their disposal the most modern analytical techniques, would not be able to artificially recreate such a thing” affirmed Professor Sobaniec-Łotowska.