“Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life.”

This was Peter’s answer to Jesus’ question, “Do you also wish to go away?” Jesus asked this question because He once emphasized that those who do not eat His flesh and drink His blood will not receive eternal life; and a lot of people left Him after listening to these words.

Nevertheless, Jesus does not say that the bread symbolizes His flesh and the wine represents His blood. Instead, He says, “This is my flesh, this is my blood.” Therefore, we believe that the consecrated bread and wine are Jesus’ body and blood.

When we receive the Holy Eucharist, our lives unite with the life of Jesus to become one. Thus, we are sharing God’s life.

We are no longer alone. As we are already accepted and forgiven by Jesus, we have the power to continue to love and forgive.