2024 Catechetical Sunday - The Eucharist and Missionary Discipleship: Living out Matthew 25 (Yohan Garcia)

Yohan Garcia, Catholic Social Teaching Education Manager for the Secretariat of Justice and Peace, offers a reflection and discussion questions about how the Eucharist compels each one of us to live out Matthew 25 and how this connects to missionary discipleship.

The Eucharist compels each one of us to live out Matthew 25, feeding the hungry, welcoming the stranger, and clothing the naked (Mt 25:35-36). If we wish to honor the Body of Christ, then we cannot ignore the social issues that impact “the least of these” in our communities. The Eucharist reminds us that we are part of a community and the human family as members of the Body of Christ. Therefore, we ought to encounter Christ in the Eucharist in personal and social ways while raising awareness of how to live as missionary disciples who go forth from the Eucharist meal as the Body of Christ, broken for the world. 

2024 Catechical Sunday_The Eucharist and Missionary Discipleship-Living Out Matthew 25.pdf