Hi, I'm Edward Sree, and welcome to all things Catholic Catholic where real faith meets real life.

Hi, we've been looking at the three key things every Catholic should know about the

you know the three key aspects of the ukress these are the three things that have

been always passed on in the church's catachetical tradition and we've been

considering them in this little mini- series here so two weeks ago we

looked at the Eucharist as sacrifice and last week we looked at the Eucharist as

real presence today in this episode we're going to turn to the Eucharist as Holy Communion and I want to talk

about this bibically to understand the theological biblical foundations for Holy Communion

and but then I want to get practical. I want to look at how can we really

encounter Jesus more profoundly at every Holy Communion. When we come back to our pews after

we receive the Eucharist, how can we have that be a moment

of true encounter with our Lord that bears more fruit in our lives?

But first, the biblical foundations here, a couple of things I want you to know about in terms of communion meals

in the Bible. You'll see these meals all over the Old Testament and you see them all throughout

Jesus' public ministry. But in ancient Israel, a meal is real

meal was more than just a way to nourish your body.

You had a meal with other people, usually family members and those that you were in

close covenant kinship with and the meal expressed solidarity, expressed

profound union.

And so the idea is that we're families, that's why we're sharing a meal together and

the meal draws us closer together.

But you also saw this even with when you made peace treaties with someone.

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