Chapter-9 The Holy Mass / Eucharist

The heavenly life will give us great joy. During the Holy Mass the priest prays for the heavenly life that we hope for in faith. We will meet God face to face in heaven. There is no distress in heaven, no hunger, no thirst, no weeping, no heat of the burning sun. All those who live in heaven are happy forever with every sort of blessing.

Our faith in the Lord Jesus is that we will inherit the heavenly life. Anyone for the sake of Jesus' name has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields will receive a hundred-fold and will inherit eternal life.

Divine food - The heavenly banquet

Jesus said to them, “Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal”. Then Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world”. Jesus again said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, “ I am the bread that came down from heaven”. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh”. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day; for my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will forever”. - John 6:27,32-33,35,41,50-51,54-58.

The Lord's Banquet- Bread - the body of Jesus

While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he broke it, gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body. Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you; for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. - Matthew 26:26 – 28; Mark 14:22-26; Luke 22:15 – 20; 1 Cor.11:23 – 25.

Let us carry the Lord God to our homes

The Lord God Jesus, who is our divine spiritual food, lives in the Holy Eucharist. He in us and we in him are united in the divine Eucharist. The Eucharist is the divine food which could give us the eternal life. We are happy to eat the Eucharist in the form of bread which is the body and blood of Jesus the Lord. Those who in take the Eucharist will not have the hunger of their soul. The Lord comes to us as the everliving medicine. He comes to us in the Eucharist as the imperishable food. We have to live a holy life. There should not be mortal sin in our soul. The Lord lives in our soul . The Mother of God Mother Mary is the world's first Tabernacle and the first Temple. She appears as the ever first heaven. She gets all the favours from her son and gives us. We are blessed to have God in us when we receive the Lord God Jesus in the holy communion. The Lord lives in the interior of our self - the soul. we take the Lord to our homes. God blesses us; He blesses our children and grandchildren. He blesses the future generations of our grandchildren for a thousand years. Where ever we go the Lord comes with us. The only condition is that we should live a holy life and be without mortal sin being united with the Lord.

No death for us - we will live in heaven

We receive the Eucharist and so we become the tabernacle; We become the temple of God. We appear heavenly; We look at the world with the eyes of the Lord. The Lord guides us so that we will live in heaven. The highest form of happiness in this world is that we receive the Holy Eucharist in a holy state of life. We are united to the Lord. He is the lifegiving food that came down from heaven. Those who eat this divine meal will never die but will live in heaven. Let us live happily in heaven eternally in the company of the saints.

The Eucharist is the heavenly banquet - the rarest medicine for the atonement for our sins

When we receive the Eucharist, the Lord God Jesus is united with us and we are united to him. Jesus says that he is the divine food that gives eternal life. The Lord Jesus gives us this divine food, which is the Eucharist, through the priests. Jesus says that he is the food which came down from heaven that which gives eternal life. He is the bread of life, therefore those who eat this bread will never die but will have eternal life. The Eucharist is the food for our soul. May the Lord Jesus with his divine hands bless us with the heavenly, earthly blessings and all graces. Jesus says that he is the living bread that came down from heaven and that he will be with us till the end of the world.

The Lord gives his body as living food to those who believe in him. Christ is the Lord Jesus who came to show us the infinite love of God the Father. He showers on us his loving mercy. His mercy has granted us the blessing to eat his body itself. Blessed are our eyes that see Christ. Blessed are our ears which hear his living words.

Jesus is heavenly, divine, holy food

Jesus who came down from heaven invites us to live as he lived. He is the Lord God who came down from heaven and dwells among us; God who gives himself as food, the symbol of sacrifice, Jesus the fountain of love.

Those who share in the life of the Lord do share in his relationship. Partaking in the Eucharist we rejoice; He lives among us so that we may be transformed like him. In order that we could attain heavenly life and be happy, he accepted the sufferings of the cross for our sins. He is the God who gave himself as our food.

The Eucharist is the centre and fountain of our Catholic Christian life

The Eucharist is the centre of the Catholic Church - the fountain of Christian life. As a foretaste of heaven on earth the Lord gives us the Eucharist. The Lord eradicates our ailments, sicknesses, sorrows, anxieties and all evils. He protects us from the evil spirits and guides us. Jesus showers his Holy Spirit on us. World, Satan and our body pull the human beings into sin and create a situation to go to hell.

In order that we may go to heaven we have to live a holy life in this world. We have to trust in the Lord. Then the Lord Jesus will take us to the eternal life.

The Holy Eucharist is the centre of our Catholic Christian life. No celebration could ever be parallel or resemble to this. The Holy Eucharist is the life of the Church. Eating the Lord's divine food, we bear his likeness. Jesus calls us to live like him with the state of mind that 'it is not I who live but Christ lives in me'. Our life should be useful to people in society with the thinking of Christ. This should be the basis of our heavenly life.

Partaking in the divine food and being united with the Lord Jesus, let us already live in this world the very life of heaven. Let us be transformed as holy people being in the company of saints. Let us live in the companionship of saints. Jesus the Lord teaches the priests. He says, 'you too take the bread straightaway and give it to people to eat.'

Though externally it appears to be bread it is the body of the Lord. The transubstantiation that takes place cannot be contained in my intellect. The Eucharist is the unique, extraordinary medicine for forgiveness. It is the holy food from heaven which washes away our sins. It is very good to eat this food from heaven. Those who eat it will reach the eternal life.