<p class="title_brown">V <strong>Mystery</strong></p>

<p class="subtitle_brown">The Institution of the Eucharist</p>

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We contemplate the mystery of the <em>institution of the Eucharist</em>, meditating in the words from the Gospel according to Saint Mathew:</p>

<p class="quote">While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying: &laquo;Take and eat; this is my body&raquo;. Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, &laquo;Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.&raquo;<br />
&nbsp;[Mt 26,26-28]</p>

<p class="normal_text">That night, the bread was shared as the Body given for humanity. The chalice was, that night, shared as the Blood shaded for humanity. That banquet of that night preceded the sacrifice of the following day, not as if it was about two realities, rather as a seal one of the other, of that new and eternal alliance that is shrouded in the ineffable mystery prolonged in the Eucharist that the Church celebrates: in the broken bread tas the sun that reaches all and in the wine contained in the chalice that each time translates according to the finest art; there lays the Love made nourishment.&nbsp;<br />
In Fatima we also feel the strength of the Eucharist, banquet and sacrifice of the new and eternal alliance. Incited by the Angel, we thank the gift of the Eucharist, nourishment of the life of the Church that pilgrims on earth and which offers &laquo;the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ&raquo; [<em>Sister Lucia&rsquo;s Memoirs</em>]. Made of all the baptized, in him they believe, to him they adore, hope and love.<br />
Virgin of Fatima, Lady of the Eucharist, intercede for us next to Christ so that He may concede us the grace of venerating in a such way the mysteries of His Body and Blood that we continuously feel the fruits of the redemption!</p>
