The United States bishops invite Catholics, amid the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, to renew their faith in the Eucharist and return to the practice of Sunday Mass. They present the Eucharist as Christ’s enduring presence and nourishment: instituted at the Last Supper, it makes the one sacrifice of the Cross sacramentally present, gathers the Church into heavenly worship, and unites believers as Christ’s Body. Through transubstantiation, bread and wine become the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Christ, whose Real Presence is professed in the communicant’s “Amen” and honoured through adoration, processions, genuflection, and reverent participation in the liturgy.

The report connects Eucharistic communion with conversion and mission. The faithful are urged to examine their consciences, receive Reconciliation before Communion when conscious of mortal sin, and recognize that obstinate public grave sin can require ecclesial intervention. Nourished by Christ’s self-giving love, Catholics must serve the poor and vulnerable, defend human dignity—including that of the unborn, elderly, sick, and migrants—and care for creation. Examples such as Blessed Carlo Acutis, Saint José Sánchez del Río, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, and Saint Teresa of Calcutta illustrate Eucharistic holiness. The bishops invite those who have drifted from the Church to return and call every baptized Christian to be a missionary disciple through prayer, charity, witness, and Eucharistic renewal.