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1336 The first announcement of the Eucharist divided the disciples, just as the announcement of the Passion scandalized them: "This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?" ¹⁶⁰ The Eucharist and the Cross are stumbling blocks. It is the same mystery and it never ceases to be an occasion of division. "Will you also go away?": ¹⁶¹ the Lord's question echoes through the ages, as a loving invitation to discover that only he has "the words of eternal life" ¹⁶² and that to receive in faith the gift of his Eucharist is to receive the Lord himself.

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PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY

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SECTION TWO: THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH

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CHAPTER ONE: THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION

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ARTICLE 3: THE SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST

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III. THE EUCHARIST IN THE ECONOMY OF SALVATION

Notes for the above paragraph:

160 Jn 6:60.

161 Jn 6:67.

162 Jn 6:68.

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