The third mystery of the Last Supper
Jesus gives us his body and blood as our spiritual food and drink
In the Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist, Jesus remains with us, body and blood, soul and divinity. Under the appearances of bread and wine, He is personally and physically present in order to nourish us as we journey through life with Him.1
At each Mass we ought to pray in thanksgiving for all the teaching of Jesus, for his suffering and dying for us, for his resurrection and ascension, for his continued presence in his Church, and for his Real Presence in the Eucharist.
In prayerful adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, we can show and sometimes feel our love for our Savior.
We thank you, Jesus, for being with us in the Eucharist.
Our Father
1. “Amen, amen, I say to you, he who believes in Me has eternal life. I am the bread of life.”
Hail Mary
2. “I am the living bread that has come down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread he shall live forever;
Hail Mary
3. “And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
Hail Mary
4. “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you shall not have life in you.
Hail Mary
5. “He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has everlasting life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”
Hail Mary
6. While they were at supper, Jesus took bread, and blessed and broke it and gave it to his disciples,
Hail Mary
7. Saying “Take and eat, this is my body.”
Hail Mary
8. And taking a cup, He gave thanks and gave it to them saying “Drink of this, all of you;
Hail Mary
9. “For this is my blood of the new covenant which is being shed for many for the forgiveness of sins;
Hail Mary
10. “Do this in remembrance of Me.”
Hail Mary
Glory be
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References John 647-65; Matthew 2626-28; Luke 2219
1. Personally and physically present “The body and blood together with the soul and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ and therefore the whole Christ (totum Christum) is truly, really and substantially contained in the Sacrament of the most holy Eucharist,” Council of Trent, 11 October, 1551.
“Under these [species], Christ whole and entire is there in his physical reality, indeed bodily present although not in the same way that bodies are present in a given place,” Pope Paul VI, Mysterium Fidei, Enchiridion Vaticanum, #427. For a convenient English text The Mystery of Faith, (Boston St. Paul Editions, 1965) p. 20.
From the Seven Day Bible Rosary