Why the world desperately needs Eucharistic worship

St. John Paul II firmly expressed his view that the Church and the world need Eucharistic worship, as it can draw us closer to God and each other.

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In the midst of all the wars and conflicts in the world, promoting Eucharistic worship may appear to be the last priority.

However, many saints have always pointed to the Eucharist in times of trial, believing that the closer we get to God, the more peace there will be in the world.

Eucharistic worship

St. John Paul II expressed his views in his letter Dominicae Canae, highlighting the need for Eucharistic worship:

The Church and the world have a great need of Eucharistic worship. Jesus waits for us in this sacrament of love. Let us be generous with our time in going to meet Him in adoration and in contemplation that is full of faith and ready to make reparation for the great faults and crimes of the world by our adoration never cease.

He goes so far as to say that, “Eucharistic worship constitutes the soul of all Christian life. In fact, Christian life is expressed in the fulfilling of the greatest commandment, that is to say, in the love of God and neighbor, and this love finds its source in the blessed Sacrament, which is commonly called the sacrament of love.“

Further commenting on this concept, St. John Paul II points to how the Eucharist can change us and fill us with love:

We not only know love; we ourselves begin to love. We enter, so to speak, upon the path of love and along this path make progress. Thanks to the Eucharist, the love that springs up within us from the Eucharist develops in us, becomes deeper and grows stronger.

The world needs love and Eucharistic worship is one way to be filled with the love of God, so that we can spread that love into the world.

As St. John Paul II affirms, “If our Eucharistic worship is authentic, it must make us grow in awareness of the dignity of each person. The awareness of that dignity becomes the deepest motive of our relationship with our neighbor.”

If we are open to God’s love when we adore Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, or receive him in Holy Communion, then we will be able to see Christ in our neighbor.

That is why we need more authentic Eucharistic worship to help transform the world.