Eucharist brings us closer to the poor of the world
 
 
   
The Eucharist, the Pope said, furnishes Christians with spiritual energy and a plan for living. It is the ideal way for the faithful to identify with Christ’s message and his saving sacrifice, which should in turn have an impact on peace and justice issues in the wider society, he said.

The Eucharist should also bring Catholics closer to the world's poor because it manifests Christ’s ‘extreme form of love ’ — one that replaced domination with service as the governing principle in human affairs. The pope urged local communities to adopt concrete expressions of solidarity and charity for the poor during the Eucharistic year.

He told Catholics that the authenticity of Eucharistic celebrations will be demonstrated largely by the love shown to others and by the care given to the needy.

  
If God were to appear to starving people, he would not dare appear in any other form than bread.’
- Mohandas Gandhi
Pope John Paul II said greater Christian devotion to the Eucharist can help heal a world torn by terrorism and racked by poverty. As the centre of Christian experience, the Eucharist should have a transforming power that carries beyond Sunday Mass and into daily life.
 
 
Millions are trapped in the
prison of poverty
‘As you know, I recently
announced my retirement from public life and should really not be here . However, as long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest .

Morever, the Global Campaign for action Against Poverty represents such a noble cause that we could not decline the invitation

  
Through your will and passion, you assisted
in consigning that evil system forever to history.
 
   
   
But in this new century, millions of people in the world's poorest countries remain imprisoned, enslaved, and in chains. They are trapped in the prison of poverty. It is time to set them free

Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. And overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life.

 
Nelson Mandela, February 2005
       
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