Why do we celebrate the Eucharist?

[ShawnHarris]

Hello,

I am a male who was confirmed as an adult last year after being of the Protestant denomination. My spiritual journey has been an exciting one, and I’m seeking an answer to this question?

Why do we Catholics celebrate the Eucharist at every Mass? What does it do for us to receive Communion? To me, it is a remembrance of Christ’s sacrifice of His body and blood, and that we are forever thankful for this sacrifice.

I would like males only please to help me with this question and let me know if I am on the right path with an answer.

God Bless,

ShawnHarris

 

[Fr.Charles_Grondin]

We celebrate the Eucharist every Sunday in response to Jesus’ request that we “do this in memory of me” (Lk 22:19; 1Cor 11:24).

It is also what the earliest Christians did:

Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple area and to breaking bread in their homes. -Acts 2:46

On the first day of the week when we gathered to break bread… -Acts 20:7

The expression “breaking of the bread” is an early Christian description of the Eucharist:

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a participation in the Blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a participation in the Body of Christ? -1Cor 10:16

Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the Body and Blood of the Lord. -1Cor 11:27

Mass on a weekly and daily basis is simply the Catholic Church’s following the command of Jesus and tradition of the earliest Christians.