Overview
- Pope Leo XIV delivered the latest talk in his Vatican II catechesis at his weekly General Audience on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, focusing on Chapter II of Sacrosanctum Concilium and the Eucharistic mystery.
- He urged the faithful to 'draw with faith from this source of divine life' and to allow the Eucharist to transform them into the Body of Christ by adopting a life of self-gift.
- Quoting the 1963 Constitution, the pope described the Eucharist as a 'sacrament of love, a sign of unity, a bond of charity, a paschal banquet' that both fills the soul with grace and pledges future glory.
- He stressed that Mass calls for active participation, not passive attendance, teaching that the liturgical assembly offers the sacrifice 'not only through the hands of the priest, but also with him' and that the Liturgy of the Word and the Eucharist form a single act of worship.
- The address, given to pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square and concluded with the Lord’s Prayer and the Apostolic Blessing, recalled how Sacrosanctum Concilium reshaped the Lectionary and liturgical practice to make Scripture and Eucharist mutually nourishing for the faithful.