The food of truth 1 -- The development of the eucharistic rite 2 -- The Synod of Bishops and the Year of the Eucharist 3 -- The purpose of this present Exhortation 3 -- Part I The Eucharist, A Mystery to be Believed 7 -- The Church's eucharistic faith 7 -- The blessed Trinity and the Eucharist 8 -- The bread come down from heaven 8 -- A free gift of the Blessed Trinity 8 -- The Eucharist: Jesus the true sacrificial Lamb 9 -- The new and eternal covenant in the blood of the Lamb 9 -- The institution of the Eucharist 10 -- Figura transit in veritatem 10 -- The Holy Spirit and the Eucharist 11 -- Jesus and the Holy Spirit 11 -- The Holy Spirit and the eucharistic celebration 12 -- The Eucharist and the Church 13 -- The Eucharist, causal principle of the Church 13 -- The Eucharist and ecclesial communion 14 -- The Eucharist and the Sacraments 15 -- The sacramentality of the Church 15 -- I The Eucharist and Christian initiation 16 -- The Eucharist, the fullness of Christian initiation 16 -- The order of the sacraments of initiation 17 -- Initiation, the ecclesial community and the family 17 -- II The Eucharist and the sacrament of reconciliation 18 -- Their intrinsic relationship 18 -- Some pastoral concerns 18 -- III The Eucharist and the anointing of the sick 19 -- IV The Eucharist and the Sacrament of Holy Orders 20 -- In persona Christi capitis 20 -- The Eucharist and priestly celibacy 21 -- The clergy shortage and the pastoral care of vocations 22 -- Gratitude and hope 23 -- V The Eucharist and matrimony 24 -- The Eucharist, a nuptial sacrament 24 -- The Eucharist and the unicity of marriage 25 -- The Eucharist and the indissolubility of marriage 25 -- The Eucharist and Eschatology 27 -- The Eucharist: A gift to men and women on their journey 27 -- The eschatological banquet 28 -- Prayer for the dead 28 -- The Eucharist and the Virgin Mary 29 -- Part II The Eucharist, A Mystery to be Celebrated 33 -- Lex orandi and lex credendi 33 -- Beauty and the liturgy 33 -- The Eucharistic celebration, the work of "Christus Totus" 34 -- Christus totus in capite et in corpore 34 -- The Eucharist and the risen Christ 35 -- Ars celebrandi 36 -- The Bishop, celebrant par excellence 36 -- Respect for the liturgical books and the richness of signs 37 -- Art at the service of the liturgy 37 -- Liturgical song 38 -- The structure of the Eucharistic celebration 39 -- The intrinsic unity of the liturgical action 39 -- The liturgy of the word 40 -- The homily 40 -- The presentation of the gifts 41 -- The Eucharistic Prayer 42 -- The sign of peace 42 -- The distribution and reception of the Eucharist 43 -- The dismissal: "Ite, missa est" 44 -- Actuosa participatio 44 -- Authentic participation 44 -- Participation and the priestly ministry 45 -- The eucharistic celebration and inculturation 46 -- Personal conditions for an "active participation" 46 -- Participation by Christians who are not Catholic 47 -- Participation through the communications media 48 -- Active participation by the sick 49 -- Care for prisoners 49 -- Migrants and participation in the Eucharist 49 -- Large-scale concelebrations 50 -- The Latin language 50 -- Eucharistic celebrations in small groups 51 -- Interior participation in the celebration 51 -- Mystagogical catechesis 51 -- Reverence for the Eucharist 53 -- Adoration and Eucharistic devotion 54 -- The intrinsic relationship between celebration and adoration 54 -- The practice of eucharistic adoration 55 -- Forms of eucharistic devotion 55 -- The location of the tabernacle 56 -- Part III The Eucharist, A Mystery to be Lived 59 -- The Eucharistic form of the Christian life 59 -- Spiritual worship-logike latreia (Rom 12:1) 59 -- The all-encompassing effect of eucharistic worship 60 -- Iuxta dominicam viventes-living in accordance with the Lord's Day 61 -- Living the Sunday obligation 61 -- The meaning of rest and of work 62 -- Sunday assemblies in the absence of a priest 63 -- A eucharistic form of Christian life, membership in the Church 64 -- Spirituality and eucharistic culture 65 -- The Eucharist and the evangelization of cultures 66 -- The Eucharist and the lay faithful 67 -- The Eucharist and priestly spirituality 68 -- The Eucharist and the consecrated life 68 -- The Eucharist and moral transformation 69 -- Eucharistic consistency 70 -- The Eucharist, a mystery to be proclaimed 71 -- The Eucharist and mission 71 -- The Eucharist and witness 71 -- Christ Jesus, the one Savior 72 -- Freedom of worship 73 -- The Eucharist, a mystery to be offered to the world 73 -- The Eucharist, bread broken for the life of the world 73 -- The social implications of the eucharistic mystery 74 -- The food of truth and human need 76 -- The Church's social teaching 77 -- The sanctification of the world and the protection of creation 77 -- The usefulness of a Eucharistic Compendium 78.