“I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever." (John 6:51-52)  Many followers left Jesus because of these words.  However, Jesus did not change his teaching because of these departures; instead, He asked Peter, “You do not want to leave too, do you?”  Peter answered, “Lord, to whom shall we go?  You have the words of eternal life.”

The Blessed Sacrament is a Sacrament of Love, from a God whose love is so boundless that we cannot comprehend it.  It is hard enough to understand why the Son of God had to come down to earth and become man.  His sacrifice on the cross further defies human logic.  In this light, it is perhaps easier to understand why some of Jesus’ followers deserted him.  Only those with “love” in their hearts can readily comprehend these sacraments of love.
The Blessed Sacrament not only enables us to share in the life of God, it also sanctifies and blesses the world through us.  The reason is simple:  by receiving the Blessed Sacrament, our bodies become blessed.  When the day comes when our flesh returns to the dust, we become nourishment for the earth.  In a way, we become the earth’s “Blessed Sacrament”.  Perhaps it is not so difficult to see this as the “new heaven and new earth” mentioned in the Book of Revelations.