“The Eucharist is the Sacrament of Love; It signifies Love, It produces love. The Eucharist is the consummation of the whole spiritual life.” (St. Thomas Aquinas)
The Most Blessed Sacrament
Of all the Seven Sacraments, one is the Most Blessed: the Holy Eucharist. The public worship or liturgical life of the Church revolves around the sacraments, with the Eucharist at the very center.
When Jesus instituted the Eucharist, he established it as an act of thanksgiving. The Greek word eucharisteo means “to give thanks.” The Catechism states that the Eucharist “is an act of thanksgiving to God” (No. 1329).
The true worship of God involves a sacrifice. Jesus is the Lamb of God, the sacrificial lamb, who takes away the world’s sins, giving us his body, blood, soul, and divinity in the Holy Eucharist—the Most Blessed Sacrament.
Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. (Revealtion 5:6)
The Lamb is at the center of the throne, offering himself as the ultimate sacrifice on the altar of God. The seven horns represent the fullness of Jesus’ power, and the seven eyes signify the seven spirits of God, also known as the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit.
It is the goal of every Christian to become like Christ and emulate his Perfect Love. In the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist, Jesus gives us his very heart, which is why it is the Most Blessed Sacrament and the center of Christian life.