As the Protestant Reformers insisted, more than the material reception of the Eucharist is required. Spiritual communion in the life of Christ is needed. But it also needs the slow maturation which comes from intimate contemplation of the Lord and the absorption of his message. Preferential Option for the Poor Eucharistic evangelization is deeply rooted in the Eucharist as liberation. Jesus came to free us from sin.
Sin is both personal and social.
The structures of sin invade society. The sin of the individual multiplied, becomes the collective sin of all, and the captive chains which bind the poor and oppressed. The Church in the Vatican Council and in repeated pronouncements since the Council has affirmed its preference for the poor. The Gospel must be read in the light of Jesus who became poor so that we might be enriched by his life and teaching. In the Eucharist the poverty of Jesus is dramatically obvious.