In what sense can we recapitulate the institution of the Holy Eucharist, unless it is by accepting daily the death of Christ in our bodies? There is only one Eucharistic sacrifice: we do not sacrifice Christ again and again, but our approach to the altar is always to the same Christ, the same Supper. We experience it differently because we change through time. For this reason, we must institute the sacrifice each day in our own lives, taking up the cross daily and following Christ to Calvary to offer ourselves in union with Him for the salvation of the world. When we do this, we receive our resurrected lives back again, at least in promise, in preparation for the full effects of resurrection in the world to come. But for now, when we re-institute the Eucharistic sacrifice in our lives, we offer to the world a promise greater than any other gift that we might offer. Indeed, all of our good works in some way must point back to this reality: we embrace dying in Christ in order to embrace True Life in Christ. We do not offer simple human camaraderie in our works of mercy. We must offer our very selves, and in such a way as to offer Christ.