Whats inside the tabernacle?

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I know people bow to the tabernacle in church. What is inside it? Is it left over consecrated host then I get that. I know we should bow at adoration and be respectful to communion but I never learned what is inside the tabernacle. Of course I respect it and bow as well I just not sure what Im bowing at. Help me to understand, thank you!
 
The Catholic Church teaches that the consecrated Eucharist is the literal body and blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ:

usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/the-mass/order-of-mass/liturgy-of-the-eucharist/the-real-presence-of-jesus-christ-in-the-sacrament-of-the-eucharist-basic-questions-and-answers.cfm
“The Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Sacrament of the Eucharist: Basic Questions and Answers”

vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p2s2c1a3.htm
The Catechism of the Catholic Church: “THE SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST”
 
I could be wrong but I believe it is proper to genuflect to the tabernacle and bow to the altar. The tabernacle holds the actual body and blood of Christ, so it holds God, and the altar is to be honored for being the place where the sacrifice is offered. To get to the nitty-gritty, there are left over eucharists from mass and most times a large host of the body of Christ used in Eucharistic Adoration.
 
Remember from high school English class the idea of foreshadowing? The author gives you a hint or idea of what’s going to happen. This isn’t exactly like that but follow me for a second …

When the Blessed Mother and St Joseph lose the child Jesus and find Him three days later in the temple it’s kind of a foreshadowing, Jesus is telling us, if you want to find Me go to My house. The Blessed Mother and St Joseph knew He was the Christ. If they would have thought “let me go to where the most logical place He would be is” it would have been the temple.

So, in other words Jesus is in the tabernacle waiting, lonely, begging for us to come see Him, to visit Him, to stop by for a minute and say “I love You”. He who is infinite loves us so much He put Himself in a tiny little space, in a little metal box, and He waits there for us, we who ignore, we who are ungrateful, we who are unworthy.

What would you do if a congressman invited you over to their house. It would be a big deal, what does he want? I have to wear a suit and tie! You would be so proud, that you were asked for by a man with so much power and influence in the government.

What do we do with the King of the Universe? He is calling us, He wants us to visit Him in His house. No we put Him off, He can wait until His 45 minutes on Sunday, as long as the Mets aren’t playing or my kid has a football game. If those things happen then I will try to squeeze Him in on Saturday night, but that’s my poker night with my buddies so if I get to Mass I’m gonna run out as soon as I receive and not even wait till Mass has truly ended.

(You can see I have a lot of experience with this! LoL)

Well I shall end my rant here, but brothers and sisters, please I beg you, visit our Lord, just stop by for a few minutes during your day in any Church you pass and say “I love You Jesus”. He is in the tabernacle, just waiting for you!!! The whole world could pass away, you could be the last thing alive on this earth, no other creature, and He would be there waiting for you, He loves you, individually, just you. Mother Angelica tells us if every grain of sand were a human wouldn’t God love all the beaches? Yes, but He would love just as much the single and only grain of sand if all the others never existed. God does not just love the human species, He loves every person! Individually!
 
It’s the shtuff dreams are made of…extra hosts. I get a little fuzzy when they put the big one in the monstrance - is it always the same? Is it consecrated, hence the presence all the time?
 
I will never forget when I was in first grade and Sister Mary Luana told us that Jesus was up in the tabernacle. I remember thinking he has to be pretty cramped.:eek:
 
The answer to this is pretty simple. Jesus is in the Tabernacle. God dwells there.
 
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