It is by Christ on the Cross that Christians must allow themselves to be assimilated [to God and to one another]. The Passion began when Jesus instituted the Eucharist and gave it to his disciples: “The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?” (1 Cor 10:16). The Apostle adds: “For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes” (1 Cor 11:26). To proclaim the death and Resurrection of the Lord is to enter, while living, into the footsteps of his death and Resurrection.
Charles Cardinal Journet (1891–1975)