Let us reflect further on this new “bread of purity and truth”. When we eat our earthly meals, our bodies assimilate the qualities of the food consumed. But when we partake of the Eucharist, the “unleavened bread of purity and truth”, it is Christ himself, his true Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity, that enters into our souls. It is his purity and truth that becomes stronger in us, enabling us to grow into his likeness. So, it is necessary when receiving our Lord in the Holy Eucharist that our minds be pure, that our words speak the truth, and that worldly ideas and ideologies are not filling our hearts, blotting out the reality of Christ’s death and Resurrection. Without saying so explicitly St. Paul; is reminding all Christians that as followers of Jesus, our lives are to be a witness to “Christ our Passover who has been sacrificed”. We have every reason to sing: “Alleluia, alleluia.” - Sister Mary Francis, Poor Clare of St. Louis