2643 The Eucharist contains and expresses all forms of prayer: it is “the pure offering” of the whole Body of Christ to the glory of God’s name and, according to the traditions of East and West, it is the “sacrifice of praise.”
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Then Jesus said to them: “Amen, amen, I say unto you: except you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, you shall not have life in you.” John 6:54