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THE HOLY EUCHARIST is a perpetual memorial of our
Lord’s desire that His sufferings and death for us should
ever live in our affectionate remembrance. The Mass is at once a
continuation and a commemoration of that supreme sacrifice of
love which was consummated for us on Calvary. “And taking bread,
He gave thanks, and brake, and gave to them, saying: This is My
Body, which is given for you. Do this for a commemoration of Me”
(St. Luke xxii, 19). Love of the Mass inspires, or ought to inspire,
a deeper and more affectionate study of the Passion and death of
our Saviour; and in turn, this deeper and more affectionate study
of the Passion and death of our Saviour, intensifies our love and
reverence for the Mass.