The Eucharist is the mystery of poverty. In it Jesus Christ shows Himself in an extreme poverty, coming from Heaven helping our poverty.
In all the moments en which the Church was beaten through heresy, the Lord helped, for he remained many times broken and needy. For  when this happens, the force of the coming to hurtthe Church and try to undermine who foundation. But Jesus Himself affirms: “The gates of hell will not prevail against her.” (Matt 16:18)
Still, today heaven continues to come to help us in our poverty everyday in which Jesus gives himself to us in the Eucharist. We need of it each day because of our doubts, our brokenness of our faith and in order that we may remain on God’s road and in His commandments. The Eucharist is a necessity for our miseries; and even in our sins, we do not stop being Children of God. The Church continues being mother and we continue being children. She does not put anyone out of the house. . . She does not cast someone out as a defendant.

Like the Church we also need to be full of mercy, therefore, we need the Eucharist.

God Bless You!

Monsignor Jonas Abib

Founder of the Canção Nova Community.

translated from Portuguese