Is Jesus really present in the Eucharist that Catholics receive during Mass? The answer to this question is yes. The bread that is offered during Mass is Jesus' own flesh and the wine that is offered is his own blood. When I go to Mass and receive this very important sacrament, I usually just walk off with Jesus' body and blood in my mouth and do not think much of it. I don't really keep in mind that I am receiving the graces of the Holy Communion, and I don't exactly acknowledge that Christ suffered and died for us to live eternally in Heaven with God at that very moment. I feel that many people experience the same thing too, for we see it as routine and as something ordinary, when really it is something wonderful and great. It is much like paying attention to and realizing what you are professing when you pray and go to Mass.
Jesus is present in his Church through the Sacrament of the Eucharist. His sacramental presence in the consecrated bread and wine, making it Jesus' body and blood, is called the Real Presence. The Meal at Emmaus symbolizes Christ's sacramental presence in the Eucharist, for Jesus, risen from the dead, disappeared with his physical presence shifting to this sacramental presence. Also, the Eucharistic presence of Jesus reveals the Kingdom of Heaven because we receive Christ, who is the King of Heaven and earth, when we receive the Eucharist.
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