Why Does the Catholic Church Treat the Holy Eucharist With Adoration and Devotion? By Lawrence Luna

Why Does the Catholic Church Treat the Holy Eucharist With Adoration and Devotion? 

By Lawrence Luna

Answer:

The Catholic Church treat the Holy Eucharist in a respectful manner and with adoration because of the following reasons that are biblical based:

• The Holy Eucharist is not a symbol of the Body of our Lord Jesus Christ as others said, but truly that it is his real body (Jn 6:54-57, Lk 22, 1 Cor 11). IT IS THE REAL BODY OF JESUS OUR GOD who is present there Body, Soul and Divinity. It means that when we treat it with devotion and adoration, then it signifies our faith and love for him but if we commit sacrilegious communion or make any actions that dishonors the Holy Eucharist, then it disrespects his body; that is sacrilegious to Jesus our God . With this, the Catholic Church uses its authority up to the point of establishing norms and make sanctions to ensure that the Holy Eucharist will be respected, guarded, dignified, and be treated in proper way towards proper manner and devotion to it (Mt 18:18-20, 1 Cor 14, 1 Cor 5). An example of Church document that ensures the norms on this matter is the Redemptionis Sacramentum, although there are also other Church documents that can be connected in this case.

• The Holy Eucharist must be adored and respected and treated properly as well because every time that there is Eucharistic Celebration and receive it, we proclaim the death of our Lord Jesus Christ until he comes again (1 Cor 11:26). This means that the Eucharistic celebration is a true and a proper sacrifice, and as well signifies his passion, death, and resurrection (1 Cor 11, Lk 22, 1 Tim 2). No doubt that the Catholic Church is serious and particular on these matters because of these truths.

In fact, the apostles and early disciples also devoted themselves to the breaking of bread and prayers (Acts 2: 42-43), which this scenario tells us that the treating of the Holy Eucharist in a respectful manner and with devotion is even practiced already by the early Christians. Such way of respect and devotion is still applicable and must be maintained even in our times, and with the more generations to come (Mt 28:19-20, Mt 5).

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