Question: What is the source and summit of the work of the Catholic Church?
Answer: The Eucharist (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1324)
Question: what was the Sacrament instituted right before Christ’s passion?
Answer: The Eucharist (Luke 22: 14-20)
Bonus question: What was the sacrament instituted right after Christ’s resurrection?
Answer: Reconciliation (John 20:23)
Check our the stats on these two sacraments regarding World Youth Day. In case anyone is unsure what the whole thing is about. THIS is what it’s about. Christ in the world - calling us to repentance and communion with Him.
From Catholic World News:
Australian officials report that the Sunday-morning Mass at Randwick on July 20 saw the largest single gathering of people in the country’s history. An estimated 400,000 people joined in the congregation as Pope Benedict presided at the closing Mass of WYD.
Earlier, at a Saturday-evening prayer vigil, about 200,000 young people joined the Holy Father in silent prayer before the Eucharist after Benediction. The Blessed Sacrament was exposed for 24-hour veneration in a tent maintained by the Missionaries of Charity at one side of the racetrack venue. The tent remained crowded, with prayerful pilgrims coming and going throughout the night.
WYD organizers had set up 250 locations around Sydney for young people to receive the sacrament of reconciliation, and recruited priests to hear confessions in a number of different languages. Long lines formed for confession, noted Msgr. Marc Caron, who organized that aspect of the WYD project. He reported that over 1,000 priests were busy hearing confessions at a time to accommodate the young pilgrims.
Praise God!
