Christ the King & The Real Presence in the Eucharist in the Mass

Christ the King

Jesus Christ is our God and King, and yet… He is also very much hidden and unknown, except through the eyes of Faith. He is a King who chooses to come to us in the most humble form of bread and wine in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

We are surrounded on every side by invisible, supernatural realities which require the gift of Faith. But God comes to our aid in our weakness, even in our own time, there have been Eucharistic Miracles; the extraordinary manifestations of the invisible reality of Christ’s Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity being truly present in the Eucharist.

Vilakannur Miracle. Priest holds carefully in his hands the Holy Eucharist on which the Face of Christ Miraculously appeared during Mass.

It was Pope St. John Paul II who first coined the phrase “Eucharistic Face of Christ.” These words from the fourth Psalm were the inspiration for him to place the millennium under “the radiant sign of the Face of Christ:”

“Many are saying ‘Who will show us anything good?’ Lift up the light of Your Face upon us, LORD!” (Ps. 4:6)

St. Pope John Paul II
“In the Eucharist, the Face of Christ is turned towards us.”

Dr. Brant Pitre, writes in his book “Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist, that the Eucharist was prefigured by the manna that God gave to Moses: “When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, “What is it? For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, “it is the bread the LORD has given you to eat.” (Exodus 16:15) The Eucharist was also prefigured by the mysterious “Bread of the Presence” also known as the “Bread of the Face of God” mentioned in Exodus. On special feasts, the Bread of the Presence would be brought out for pilgrims to see, and the priests would declare, “Behold God’s love for you!”

St. Pio at the moment of Consecration, when the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.
Paten viewed through the Veil of the Holy Face of Manoppello. (Photo: Paul Badde)

Jesus said to them, Amen, Amen, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave the bread from Heaven; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world… I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger and whoever believes in me will never thirst.” (John 6: 32-35) “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is My flesh for the life of the world.” (John 6:51)

We should use whatever means at our disposal to share this good news to draw souls to Christ Our King.

Therefore, I would like to share a beautiful and powerful short film, “The Real Presence: The Mass” to awaken hearts to the truth of the Eucharist and reveal what is really happening at every Catholic Mass. This 28-minute video reveals the unseen spiritual reality behind the Catholic Mass– through scenes from an actual Mass, and the use of artistically augmented reality–the “unseen spiritual reality” such as the participation of the angels and saints, and the mystical beauty of the liturgy is portrayed in the film — including the Real Presence of Jesus Christ, Our King, Who heals, forgives and transforms us into His own Image — Our King, Who is truly present in the Eucharist.

The film also features commentary from Nationally recognized Catholic theologians and speakers such as: Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers, Dr. Scott Hahn, Sr. Bethany Madonna of the Sisters of Life, Curtis A. Martin, Sr. Briege McKenna, His Eminence Christophe Cardinal Pierre, Bishop Erik T. Pohlmeier, Fr. Mike Schmitz, Fr. Robert Spitzer, and Bishop David L. Toups.

Please share this excellent film with others!

(To read more about Eucharistic miracles: “Behold God’s Love for You” (St. Carlo Acutis’s passion to share miracles of the Eucharist through a website.) And “A Relic of Divinity”. (The recently approved Eucharistic Miracle in Kerala, India; the Face of Jesus Christ appearing on a Host during the Consecration of the Mass.)

Your Presence is requested…

“O Lord, wealth of the poor, how admirably You can sustain souls, revealing Your great riches to them gradually and not permitting them to see them all at once. When I see Your great Majesty hidden in so small a thing as the Host, I cannot but marvel at Your great wisdom.”                      –St. Teresa of Jesus

The video above was posted on YouTube over eleven years ago of a Eucharistic Miracle that occurred on Friday, November 15, of 2013, at Christ the King Church in Vilakannur, Kerala, India. After twelve years of investigation, the Vatican has recently announced the approval of this “Relic of Divinity.” This is a powerful sign for our times at the beginning of this millennium dedicated by Pope St. John Paul II to the Holy Face of Jesus Christ. It seems as though Our Lord invites us to come to the banquet of His Love.

“The Face of Christ is the supreme revelation of Christ’s Mercy.”–Pope Benedict XVI gazing at the Eucharistic Face of Christ. (photo:Paul Badde/EWTN)

The Eucharist is the visible sign of the of the veiled presence of the invisible Face of God. In God’s great humility, mercy, and love, the grandeur of His Divine Presence is veiled in the Eucharist so that we may not fear to draw near and come into His Presence in the Bread of Life.

“Being Christian,” Pope Benedict XVI wrote, “is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but an encountera Person, which gives life a new horizon and a decisive direction.” As often as we encounter the person of Christ, present Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity, in the Eucharist, we are being transformed into His Image. While He is the “Divine Prisoner” He is longing and waiting for us to come to Him.

Jesus is “the Divine Prisoner.” God points us to His Holy Face on the miraculous Veil of Manoppello. (photo: Patricia Enk)

Come and see that “Truth is a Person…a Presence, a Face: Jesus Christ.” — Pope St. John Paul II

Are you sorrowful, lonely, sick or fearful? Come to Him. Do you feel alienated, rejected, remorseful and in need of forgiveness? Come to Him. Are you angry and frustrated? Come. If your faith is little, come; if you long for Love Himself, come; if you are losing Hope, come.

Come, come, come! Your presence is requested.

Jesus waits for you. Come.
Paten viewed through the Veil of the Holy Face of Manoppello. (Photo: Paul Badde/EWTN)