Something that strikes
me again and again is the witness of the Saints from the earliest times. Their
lives were what might be termed ‘eucharistic’; they lived the mystery of
Christ’s death and resurrection. They managed,
by grace, to turn their lives around and remain anchored in Christ. In recent centuries, there are hundreds of
officially canonised saints and unknown numbers of others who found their daily
or weekly sustenance in the Eucharist.
Their approach and thinking was informed by scripture and
tradition. They accepted in trust what
was given and received about the Eucharist.
For some, the Eucharist was a particularly emphasised practice or focus
of devotion as we see with the many ‘Apostles of the Eucharist’ such as St
Peter Julian Eymard, founder the Blessed Sacrament congregation.
