Building Peace with Justice

Building Peace with Justice is a brief, weekly bulletin reflection on Catholic social teaching written by members of a Rochester Diocese Public Policy sub-committee. This is the reflection for July 19.

“I am the bread of life.” Each Sunday we gather around the table to receive Jesus, the nourishment that provides true life. In their 2002 document, A Place at the Table, the U.S Catholic Bishops tell us, “It is Christ’s sacrificial meal that nourishes us so that we can go forth to live the Gospel as his disciples. Too often, the call of the Gospel and the social implications of the Eucharist are ignored or neglected in our daily lives. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church insists, ‘The Eucharist commits us to the poor. To receive in truth the Body and Blood of Christ given up for us, we must recognize Christ in the poorest.’”

Reflection: How does the Eucharist call you to encounter and serve the poor?