International Eucharistic Congress in Cebu (homily for opening Mass)

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From the homily of Cardinal Bo of Myanmar, papal legate, for the Opening Mass of the International Eucharistic Congress, January 24, 2016
The Eucharist and adoration is the intense faith encounter with Jesus. But this encounter needs others, the community. [...] Adoring Jesus in the Eucharist is also accepting our fellow men and women as created in the image of God. In a world that kills children in the womb, in a world that spends more on arms than on food, in a world that continues to have millions of poor, Eucharist is a major challenge to the whole humanity. Can we feel the presence of God in our brothers and sisters? Pope John Paul talked about the culture of death. Pope Francis spoke of a culture of indifference. [...] Christ is calling us to be disciples, to carry his cross; the Mass of the devotee ends in an hour. But the Mass of the disciple is unending. The Eucharist of the devotee is confined to the clean, decorated altars of the church. The Eucharist of the disciple continues with the streets as altar. [full text]

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